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Update announcement
* update list of failing parrot modules (only one)
* missing fullstop, [ptc]++
* more consistent use of markup
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moritz committed Feb 20, 2015
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This Rakudo Star release comes with support for the MoarVM
backend (all module tests pass on supported platforms) along with
experimental support for the JVM backend (some module tests fail).
Three shipped modules are known to fail on Parrot (zavolaj (NativeCall),
jsonrpc and doc)
One shipped module is known to fail on Parrot (jsonrpc).

In the Perl 6 world, we make a distinction between the language
("Perl 6") and specific implementations of the language such as
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parameter (|c).
+ `6;` at unit start is no longer a way to say `no strict;`. It was deemed
to be a bad meme and huffmannized inappropriately.
+ Coercion syntax now works in signatures: sub foo(Str(Any) $a) { ... }
+ Coercion syntax now works in signatures: `sub foo(Str(Any) $a) { ... }`
will take Any value as its first positional parameter, and coerce it to
Str before making it available in $a. Note that Str(Any) can be shortened
to Str().
`Str` before making it available in `$a`. Note that `Str(Any)` can be shortened
to `Str()`.
+ `sub MAIN;` (as in, rest of file is the MAIN unit) has been implemented.
+ Metaop `=` now respects the precedence of the op it is meta-ing.
+ Many optimizations, improved error messages and bugs fixed (over
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