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Some README tweaks to mention MoarVM.
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jnthn committed Jan 16, 2014
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Rakudo Perl 6
This is Rakudo Perl, a Perl 6 compiler for the Parrot virtual machine.
This is Rakudo Perl, a Perl 6 compiler for the Parrot virtual machine,
the JVM and MoarVM.

Rakudo Perl is Copyright (C) 2008-2013, The Perl Foundation. Rakudo Perl
is distributed under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0. For more
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as options passed to java in the installed nqp / nqp.bat.

Building Rakudo on MoarVM
The easiest way is:

$ perl Configure.pl --gen-moar --gen-nqp --backends=moar
$ make
$ make spectest # optional
$ make install # IMPORTANT, installs to install/bin/perl6

Note that the 'make install' step is necessary for running
Rakudo from outside the build directory. But don't worry, it
installs locally by default, so you don't need any administrator
privileges for carrying out this step.

Where to get help or answers to questions
There are several mailing lists, IRC channels, and wikis available with
help for Perl 6 and Rakudo on Parrot. Figuring out the right one to use
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