more FAQ tweaks

Author: TimToady

doc/Language/faq.pod

@@ -400,8 +400,7 @@ C<regex> declares a plain regex without any implied modifiers.
 C<die> throws an exception.
 
 C<fail> returns a C<Failure> object.  (If the caller has declared C<use fatal;>
-in the calling lexical scope, C<fail> instead throws an exception
-instead of returning.)
+in the calling lexical scope, C<fail> throws an exception instead of returning.)
 
 A C<Failure> is an "unthrown" or "lazy" exception. It is an object that
 contains the exception, and throws the exception if you try to use the C<Failure>
@@ -414,10 +413,10 @@ the exception with the C<exception> method.
 
 Perl 5 has the C<wantarray> function that tells you whether it is called in
 void, scalar or list context. Perl 6 has no equivalent construct,
-because context does not flow inwards, i.e. a routine cannot know which
-context it is called in.
+because context does not flow inwards, i.e. a routine would need time travel to know which
+context it is called in because context is lazy, known only when the results are used later.
 
-One reason is that Perl 6 has multi dispatch, and in a code example like
+For example, Perl 6 has multiple dispatch, so in a code example like
 
     multi w(Int $x) { say 'Int' }
     multi w(Str $x) { say 'Str' }
@@ -444,10 +443,8 @@ decision. As they (both the language and the implementations) evolve, they
 grow steadily more usable. Depending on your demands on a programming
 language, Perl 6 and its compilers might or might not be ready for you.
 
-Please see the L<feature comparison
-matrix|http://perl6.org/compilers/features> for an overview of implemented
-features.
-
+That said, version 6c (Christmas 2015) is the first official release of Perl 6
+as a language, along with a validation suite and a compiler that passes it.
 
 =head2 Why should I learn Perl 6? What's so great about it?
 
@@ -473,8 +470,7 @@ Unlike most languages, it offers
 
 =item  optional type annotations
 
-=item  powerful run-time multi dispatch for both subroutines and methods based on
-  arity, types and additional code constraints
+=item  powerful run-time multi dispatch for both subroutines and methods based on arity, types and additional code constraints
 
 =item lexical imports
 
@@ -516,16 +512,15 @@ features.
 
 That depends on what you are doing. Rakudo has been developed with the
 philosophy of "make it work right then make it work fast". It's fast for some
-things already but needs work on others.
-
-Perl 6 is mostly being worked on by volunteers but it's expected that Perl 6
-performance will improve in the near future since the MoarVM backend contains a
-modern Just In Time (JIT) compiler.
-
-Perl 5 programmers should be aware that Perl 6 comes with more built in in
-terms of object orientation and much else. Simple benchmarks will be misleading
-unless you include things like Moose, type checking modules etc. in your Perl 5
-script.
+things already but needs work on others.  After the Christmas 2015 release stabilizes
+the definition of the language, we'll be spending much of our effort on optimizing in 2016.
+Since Perl 6 provides lots of clues to the JIT that other dynamic languages don't, we think
+we'll have a lot of headroom for performance improvements.  Some things already
+run faster than Perl 5.
+
+Perl 5 programmers should be aware that Perl 6 comes with more built-in
+functionality.  Simple benchmarks will be misleading unless you include
+things like Moose, type checking modules etc. in your Perl 5 script.
 
 The following crude benchmarks, with all the usual caveats about such things,
 can show Perl 6 can be faster than Perl 5 for some similar common tasks if