The only thing
that matters
Frozen Perl 2009

The Only Thing That
Matters.

Get Perl 6
out this year.

We've had Perl 6
for years.

Rakudo is the Parrot
implementation.

It releases monthly
with Parrot.

But it's not what
people think of
as being Perl 6.

Not yet, at least.

We are near the
crest of the hill.

Parrot's March release
will be Parrot 1.0.

Parrot releases every
third Tuesday.

Parrot 1.0 = March 17

We still don't know
what Rakudo will be.

Assume nothing.

What is in a standard
Rakudo install?

What will we port from
Perl 5 to Perl 6?

Who will create LWP,
DBI, etc for Perl 6?

What will the
toolchain be like?

What will CPAN be?

Will we even use
CPAN?

Does an 11-year-old
distribution model
make sense today?

Will we pull from
github directly?

Assume nothing.

What will be the same?

Assume \"nothing\".

Now is the time
to join in.

The point of the spear
is widening.

Larry-level genius
not necessary

Talk to this guy
Patrick Michaud

Your opportunities
to influence Perl 6
are endless.

Start building modules

Toolchain: module
installers, etc

DBI

LWP

XML::*

Any module you rely
on in life.

Document Rakudo

Close bugs
(Jim Keenan rocks at this)

Blog

Change our language.

Start talking about
Rakudo, not Perl 6.

Start saying \"Perl 5\".
It reminds people
there's another Perl.

Follow Rakudo at
rakudo.org

Help build the new
Rakudo.org

The other
Only Thing That
Matters

Perl 5 must continue to
thrive and grow.

Perl 5 will not
disappear when
Rakudo rolls out.

Help teach that to
the world.

Perl 5 is still a fantastic
software platform.

Moose brings the joy of
Perl 6 to you today.

Catalyst is becoming
the framework
of choice.

Don't want Perl 6?
No problem!

Continue to create
magic awesomeness
with Perl 5.

Perl 5 will not steal
from Perl 6.

Perl 5 will add
to Perl 6.

Perl 6 has already
added to Perl 5.

Help projects that will
keep Perl 5 going.

Moose

Catalyst

Perl::Critic

Perl::Critic will be the
basis for Perl6::Critic

Talk to these guys
Elliot Shank, Chris Dolan

Oh, and one more
thing...

The third
Only Thing That
Matters

Be excellent
to each other.

Perl's
crowning achievement
= CPAN

CPAN = community.

Community = people.

So by the transitive
property...

Perl's crowning
achievement = people.

You have no community
if people aren't
excellent to each other.

Community is
what makes
Perl > perl.

We cannot fragment
between
Perl 5 and Perl 6.

We have a prime
opportunity to bring
new people into Perl 6.

The only things that
matter.
• Rakudo must come out in 2009.
• Perl 5 must continue to thrive and grow.
• Be excellent to each other.

Thank you. You rock.