Perl 6 has been in development even longer than Debian Sarge -- Larry Wall was talking about Perl 6 back in 2000, after all -- and some folks are curious if it's ever going to see completion.

Sure, there are variations considered to be Perl 6, such as Rakudo Perl, which is a specific implementation of Perl 6, but isn’t, technically, Perl 6.

The Perl 6 project, which aimed to radically reinvent the open source programming language, first began to take shape in 2000. A decade later, there are several implementations with varying levels ...

The GitHub community has been divided over the programming language Perl. The issue is that “‘Perl’ in the name ‘Perl 6’ is confusing and irritating.” According to the Perl team, the ...

Perl 5.10, the first revamp of the quick-and-dirty open-source programming language project in five years, pilfers some features from Perl 6.

After a long wait, the next version of the Perl programming language will undergo a few betas, followed by a general release this year Perl 6, a long-awaited upgrade to the well-known scripting ...

Perl 6, a major re-engineering of the Perl technology, promises to preserve Perls legendary productivity in simple tasks while being built on a formal specification.

A common statement is that “Perl 6 is not Perl”, and it’s largely true, except in name. Unlike Python, though, there is no community consensus that Perl 5 needs to be retired.

So until Christmas, in preparation of the big release, there is a Perl 6 Advent Calendar with something “cool about Perl 6 every day,” according to the website.

In his annual “State of the Onion” speech at the O’Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON), Perl creator Larry Wall hinted that the long-awaited version 6 of the Perl programming language ...

In his annual “State of the Onion” speech at the O’Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON), Perl creator Larry Wall hinted that the long-awaited version 6 of the Perl programming language ...