Quotes of the week

Anyone who thinks that Perl 6 is fundamentally based on traditional compiler construction techniques taught in universities frankly has no clue as to what a fundamental paradigm shift Perl 6 represents to language design and implementation. It's this fundamental change that ultimately gives Perl 6 its power, but it's also why Perl 6 development is not a trivial exercise that can be done by a few dedicated undergraduates.

I am stepping down as the [GCC] spu backend maintainer since Sony removed GNU/Linux (OtherOS) support from their newer PS3 firmware. The main reason is I will no longer have access to a machine to support the target. But really this is also a step backwards for free software support from Sony.

I love Emacs, and I have come to really like Bazaar, but I can not help but feel that by helping the Emacs development team move to Bazaar I have actually done both of these communities a disservice. Bazaar has received nothing but bad publicity from the switch, and the Emacs development group appears to have been hampered more than helped--despite the fact that Emacs was switching from crufty CVS.