New Perl 6 book announced

I see a new Perl 6 book has been announced. It sounds quite interesting, the title is 'Designing Perl 6', and it is an explanation of the design methodology which is being used to decide which new language features will be in Perl 6. This should be an interesting insight into the minds of the Perl 6 designers.

I've snagged a copy of the cover artwork, which you can find here.

I've also a higher resolution version which you can find here (152k)

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Posted by Alan Burlison on 13 August 2003 08:00:54 BST#


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Comment from hfb on 14 August 2003 08:22:43 BST#
Since the Camel is named 'Amelia', perhaps the chimera should be named after my great aunt Alice whom this creature resembles. Or maybe switch-up and use a guys name in which case 'Humperdink' in really the obvious choice. :) We should sell t-shirts via ebay or cafepress for a P5 pumpkin whisky emergency fund :) The whisky has ben getting drained at a pretty furious clip around here lately.
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Comment from rafael on 17 August 2003 09:34:25 BST#
Edmond Rostand, in "Cyrano de Bergerac" (I,4), makes up a grotesque creature called Hippocampelephantocamelos, pedantic and hypernasal. Not only is this a great name, but also it matches /camel/. You'll just have to pastiche the colophon with the same talent than for the cover...
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Comment from Dan on 18 August 2003 05:37:08 BST#
Now you've got me wanting one. Any chance of getting a hi-res version of the animal without the faux book cover stuff?
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Comment from Brandon on 28 July 2004 07:21:21 BST#
Still relevant. They are never going to finish that thing. Love the book cover.
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Comment from Xor on 02 August 2004 04:04:42 BST#
love this book
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Comment from canard on 01 September 2004 09:39:45 BST#
This book is amazing probably a bestseller =)
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Comment from Stephen on 14 September 2004 09:58:33 BST#
Edmond Rostand, in "Cyrano de Bergerac" (I,4), makes up a grotesque creature called Hippocampelephantocamelos, pedantic and hypernasal. Not only is this a great name, but also it matches /camel/. You'll just have to pastiche the colophon with the same talent than for the cover
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Comment from Ralph Siegler on 10 April 2005 05:03:13 BST#
heheh, it's getting toward the middle of 2005 a.d., and that cover is still accurate. Maybe we have a finished GNU/Hurd or next Debian release before Perl 6.
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Comment from Ralph Siegler on 25 May 2011 23:02:54 BST#

Hello, six years since my snarky comment, just popped back to put in another:  this cover is still accurate, Perl 6 design not done yet even though people have made implementations of the unfinished spec like Rakudo.  Larry Wall continues to put everything including kitchen sink into it.  Imagine a Gerber multi-tool with  fold-out basketball, blowtorch, wastebasket and blender. 

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Notes on Perl 6 Goodness

TrackBack from Lathi's Log on 23 August 2003 05:39:09 BST#
Through a circuitous route (see my earlier comments on lack of focus) I found this Review of "Essential Perl 6" by Piers Cawley. For those of you who don't know, Piers writes the weekly Perl 6 Summaries. He gives the book high marks. His review itself