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When will Perl 6 be released?
It will be released when it's done and ready to be released. When all the work to be done has been done, by all the people that there are to work on it, then it's ready to go.
We realize that's not a very satisfying answer, but that's the best we can do right now. To try to assign a date, even a year, would be disingenuous. Although the design of Perl 6 got underway around 2001, serious hacking only started in 2005. See this tentative timeline from 2005.
Larry Wall has said "We're done with the first 80%, and well into the second 80%" of the project. Of course, Larry would be quick to add "Unless there's a third 80%". But the point is that project timeline estimation is very difficult (especially for as complex and relatively unfunded a project as this one), and the people working on it feel they are much closer to the end of the project than they are to the beginning.
What's left to be done?
We're working on making that list happen over at Development Dashboard. The fact that we're getting to a point where we're starting to nail down specific deliverables should be somewhat reassuring.
Can I help somehow?
Absolutely! This is a large project, and there are many contributing roles.
You don't even have to know Perl 6, or Parrot, or even Perl 5 (although any or all of those skills can be used, even beginner-level).
If you want to help out on development-related tasks (including testing and documentation), see:
If you want to help expand and update this wiki, see:
- About This Website for information on how to use this wiki editing features, etc.
- Content Wanted to view any outstanding requests (infrequently used at present).
- Mail Lists, IRC, Archives to lurk or inquire about timely and important content to add.
- Check the What's New link near the top of the wiki page to get a list of recently changed pages that you can puruse. You can help fill in missing pieces, check links, fix typos, and so on.
