diff --git a/docs/announce/2010.09 b/docs/announce/2010.09 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..84b06559015 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/announce/2010.09 @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ + Announce: Rakudo Perl 6 compiler development release #33 ("TODO") + +On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I'm happy to announce the +August 2010 release of Rakudo Perl #33 "TODO". Rakudo is an +implementation of Perl 6 on the Parrot Virtual Machine (see +). The tarball for the September 2010 release +is available from . + +Please note: This announcement is not for the Rakudo Star distribution -- +it's announcing a new release of the compiler only. For the latest +Rakudo Star release, see . + +The Rakudo Perl compiler follows a monthly release cycle, with each release +named after a Perl Mongers group. The September 2010 release is code named +"TODO" in recognition of TODO + +Some of the specific changes and improvements occurring with this +release include: + +* The specification for temporal objects (DateTime, Date, Instant and + Duration) is now completely implemented in Rakudo + +* Several performance improvements were implemented, most notably in + slurp() and reverse() functions + +* The series operator has been refactored, and updated to the current + specification + +* Enumeration objects now conform much closer to the current specification + +For a more detailed list of changes see "docs/ChangeLog". + +The development team thanks all of our contributors and sponsors for +making Rakudo Perl possible, as well as those people who worked on +Parrot, the Perl 6 test suite and the specification. + +The following people contributed to this release: + +Moritz Lenz, Patrick R. Michaud, Carl Masak, Patrick Abi Salloum, +Solomon Foster, Kodi Arfer, chromatic, Kyle Hasselbacher, Bruce Gray, +Martin Berends, Stephane Payrard, Tyler Curtis, Shlomi Fish, Nick Wellnhofer, +Nuno Carvalho, Tadeusz SoĊ›nierz, TiMBuS, NotFound, mathw + +If you would like to contribute, see , ask on +the perl6-compiler@perl.org mailing list, or ask on IRC #perl6 on freenode. + +The next release of Rakudo (#34) is scheduled for October 21, 2010. +A list of the other planned release dates and code names for 2010 is +available in the "docs/release_guide.pod" file. In general, Rakudo +development releases are scheduled to occur two days after each +Parrot monthly release. Parrot releases the third Tuesday of each month. + +Have fun!