An Anonymous Coward writes:
A "useful and usable distribution of Perl 6" was
released Saturday [rakudo.org], a new Beta version of the Rakudo compiler to support the coming production release this Christmas. And there’s already 467 Perl 6 modules on
the new archive [perl6.org] at proto.perl6.org (though Perl 6 will also be able to load modules written in other languages). "Perl has a huge community of avid users that continues to thrive in spite of detractors," says one developer, noting that it continues to find new user in today's world of big data in
a new article [thenewstack.io] reporting over one million people have downloaded ActivePerl's own Perl distribution just in 2015. And this week saw the release of two new "Advent Calendars" of programming tips, one
for Perl 5 [perladvent.org] and one
for Perl 6 [wordpress.com].
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