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<a name='TITLE'></a><h1>TITLE</h1>
<p>This Is The Last Major Revision</p>
<a name='VERSION'></a><h1>VERSION</h1>
<pre>  Maintainer: David Nicol &lt;<a href='mailto:perl6rfc@davidnicol.com'>perl6rfc@davidnicol.com</a>&gt;
  Date: 5 Sep 2000
  Mailing List: <a href='mailto:perl6-meta@perl.org'>perl6-meta@perl.org</a>
  Number: 141
  Version: 2
  Status: Frozen</pre>
<a name='ABSTRACT'></a><h1>ABSTRACT</h1>
<p>Future perl version numbers will converge on 2 * PI</p>
<a name='DESCRIPTION'></a><h1>DESCRIPTION</h1>
<p>By the end of this committee meeting, we will have a language
that is arbitrarily extensible in accordance with decades of
computer programming practice.</p>
<p>Perl6 is NOT a quick hack done to save implementor time.  It is a
carefully crafted piece of fine work.  It is correct.</p>
<p>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.]</p>
<a name='IMPLEMENTATION'></a><h1>IMPLEMENTATION</h1>
<p>Since versioning is a meta-implementation issue, all that
is required is that
we all agree that stealing TeX's versioning system is a good idea.</p>
<p>The first release will be 6, and then each subsequent
release may or may not extend a digit.</p>
<a name='REFERENCES'></a><h1>REFERENCES</h1>
<p>TeX FAQ</p>
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