Exegesis 6

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Hello, world! This is Simon Cozens, www.perl.com managing editor, 
back from foreign parts and bringing you the latest goings-on from 
the world of Perl and our own site. Many thanks to chromatic for 
filling the gap while I was away.

* Perl at large.

After raising over $2,300 for the Perl Foundation, search.cpan.org 
has returned from a garish shade of orange to a rather more legible 
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being a good sport!

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The road to Perl 5.8.1 is looking clearer, with 5.8.1RC3 released 
a few days ago, and RC4 scrolling past as I write; here's the 
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* Perl.com News

Well, the big news of the week is, of course, the release of the 
latest Exegesis, the continuing process of documenting the design 
changes in Perl 6. This exegesis covers everything to do with 
subroutines and their declarations; expect, as usual, a lot of 
exciting changes!

Exegesis 6 can be found on perl.com at

    http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2003/07/29/exegesis6.html

Until next week,
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Exegesis 6
Apocalypse 6 described the changes to subroutines in Perl 6. 
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