Patrick Michaud awarded Perl 6 Development Grant as a joint initiative by The Perl Foundation and Mozilla Foundation
Tue, 06-Nov-2007 by
Richard Dice
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It is with great pleasure that <a href=http://www.perlfoundation.org/>The Perl Foundation</a> and <a href=http://www.mozilla.org/>Mozilla Foundation</a> announce a major new <a href=http://dev.perl.org/perl6/>Perl 6</a> <a href=http://www.perlfoundation.org/grant_benefits>Development Grant.</a> The recipient of the grant is <a href=http://www.pmichaud.com/>Patrick Michaud</a>, the <a href=http://dev.perl.org/perl6/people.html>Perl 6 compiler pumpking</a> and lead programmer of a Perl 6 implementation based on Parrot and on his own work on the Perl 6 compiler and grammar. The grant will provide Patrick with four months of support for this work beginning November 1, 2007. Patrick will receive US$15,000 over this time, with $10,000 of the funding coming from Mozilla Foundation and $5,000 from The Perl Foundation.
The goals for this development grant are:
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<li>To have a Perl 6 on Parrot implementation that supports commonly-used Perl 6 constructs;
<li>Improvements to the Perl 6 test suite;
<li>To substantially complete the Parrot Compiler Toolkit, including documentation;
<li>Increased community participation in Perl 6 and Parrot development, including development efforts on other languages utilizing Parrot and the Parrot Compiler Toolkit.
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In order to ensure the proper management and progress for this grant TPF asked Jesse Vincent to be the Grant Manager. Jesse has graciously accepted this volunteer position. Jesse is a noted Perl community member and he has worked as the Perl 6 project manager for the past several years. Additionally, he (through his company, <a href=http://www.bestpractical.com/>Best Practical Solutions</a>) has supported the Perl 6 effort through a series of <a href=http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2007/03/msg122448.html>microgrants</a>.
Patrick Michaud and The Perl Foundation will provide grant progress updates and summaries at <a href=http://news.perlfoundation.org>http://news.perlfoundation.org</a>.
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