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+    Announce: Rakudo Perl 6 compiler development release #59 ("Warszawa")
+
+On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I'm proud to announce the
+December 2012 release of Rakudo Perl #59 "Warszawa". Rakudo is an
+implementation of Perl 6 on the Parrot Virtual Machine (see
+<http://www.parrot.org>). The tarball for this release
+is available from <http://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/downloads>.
+
+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
+<http://github.com/rakudo/star/downloads>.
+
+The Rakudo Perl compiler follows a monthly release cycle, with each release
+named after a Perl Mongers group. The December 2012 release is code-named
+after Warszawa, home of Tadeusz Sośnierz (tadzik) whose contributions to Rakudo
+and the Perl 6 ecosystem during 2012 have been significant.
+
+Some of the changes in this release are outlined below:
+
++ The .indent method now has better handling of empty lines
++ Parse errors are much improved, and follow STD, the standard parser,
+  much more closely; more accurate and more information given
++ Rakudo now keeps parsing after some less serious errors
++ Better errors for various parse failures
++ Texas versions of the Set and Bag operators implemented
++ Nested Pairs now give correct .perl output
++ { a => $_ } now correctly considered a block, not a hash as before
+
+This is only a small subset of the changes in this release. For a more
+detailed list, 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:
+
+Jonathan Worthington, Moritz Lenz, Tobias Leich, Solomon Foster, Timo Paulssen,
+Will "Coke" Coleda, Patrick R. Michaud, Amir E. Aharoni, Carl Mäsak, Geoff
+Broadwell, Shrivatsan Sampathkumar
+
+If you would like to contribute, see <http://rakudo.org/how-to-help>,
+ask on the perl6-compiler@perl.org mailing list, or ask on IRC #perl6
+on freenode.
+
+The next release of Rakudo (#60), assuming the world doesn't end today, is
+scheduled for January 17, 2013. A list of the other planned release dates and
+code names for future releases is available in the "docs/release_guide.pod"
+file. In general, Rakudo development releases are scheduled to occur soon after
+each Parrot monthly release. Parrot releases the third Tuesday of each month.
+
+On behalf of the development team, I encourage you to try the new release,
+to live life to its fullest, to cherish each moment, and to have fun.
+
+[*] What's the difference between the Rakudo compiler and the Rakudo
+    Star distribution?
+
+    The Rakudo compiler is a compiler for the Perl 6 language.
+    Nothing else.
+
+    The Rakudo Star distribution is the Rakudo compiler plus a selection
+    of useful Perl 6 modules, the most recent incarnation of the "Using
+    Perl 6" book, and other software that can be used with the Rakudo
+    compiler to enhance its utility.  Rakudo Star is meant for early
+    adopters who wish to explore what's possible with Rakudo Perl 6 and
+    provide feedback on what works, what doesn't, and what else they
+    would like to see included in the distribution.