Perl 6

events.xml

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   <eventitem date="2002-11-21" time="6:00pm" room="MC2066"
   title="Perl 6">
     <short>A talk by Simon Law</short>
-    <abstract>No abstract available yet.</abstract>
+    <abstract>
+      <p>
+	Perl, the Practical Extraction and Reporting Language can only
+	be described as an eclectic language, invented and refined by
+	a deranged system administrator, who was trained as a
+	linguist.  This man, however, has declared:
+      </p>
+      <blockquote>
+	<i>
+	  Perl 5 was my rewrite of Perl.
+	  I want Perl 6 to be the community's rewrite of Perl and of the
+	  community.
+	</i><br/>--- Larry Wall
+      </blockquote>
+      <p>
+	Whenever a language is designed by a committee, it is common
+	wisdom to avoid it.  Not so with Perl, for it cannot get
+	worse.  However strange these Perl people seem, Perl 6 is a
+	good thing coming.  In this talk, I will demonstrate some Perl
+	5 programs, and talk about their Perl 6 counterparts, to show
+	you that Perl 6 will be cleaner, friendlier, and prettier.
+      </p>
+    </abstract>
   </eventitem>
 
   <eventitem date="2002-11-21" time="4:30pm" room="MC4060"