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=head1 TITLE
This Is The Last Major Revision
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: David Nicol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 22 Aug 2000
Version: 1
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Number: 141
=head1 ABSTRACT
Future perl version numbers will converge on 2 * PI
=head1 DESCRIPTION
By the end of this committee meeting, we will have a language
that is arbitrarily extensible in accordance with decades of
computer programming practice.
Perl6 is NOT a quick hack done to save implementor time. It is a
carefully crafted piece of fine work. It is correct.
Having put all this work into it, we would like to see this
version stick around a while, in the way of Knuth's TeX language
or [pick your favorite historical math figure]'s [particular
lasting contribution.]
=head1 IMPLEMENTATION
Since versioning is a meta-implementation issue, all that
is required is that
fearless leader has to agree this is a good idea.
Furthermore, the deadlines will be arbitrarily extended.
The first release will be 6, and then each subsequent
release may or may not extend a digit.
=head1 REFERENCES
TeX FAQ
