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I'm really surprised this site is the source y'all chose to upvote. Not only was the second-newest article published in 2012, they also have an assortment of other questionable content[0][1]. Advertising from rotten.com and a category named "Jonny Jihad" are also professional touches.

I mean, whatever floats your boat, but HN, is this really one of your go-to trusted news sources?

[0] http://www.pigdog.org/in_the_pink/html/interview_with_a_stri... [1] http://www.pigdog.org/pooniedog/

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I was delighted to see pigdog.org appear on the front page of HN; I thought it had died years ago (and I guess it mostly did). The Pigdog Journal was a Big Deal for a certain clique of nerds/technologists in the late 90s/early 00s. (You know, when Perl was also a Big Deal.) The web was a smaller, zanier place then; for those that remember that web, pigdog.org brings a wave of nostalgia.

I edited my snark, but I was going to ask if this was "just a Perl thing?"

I guess it's just a Perl thing...

If you doubt the legitimacy of the post, I can confirm there was an event[0]. I was also there, and the blog post syncs up to what I remember from the event. I am surprised there isn't some official post event write up from the event organizers, though.

http://perl6releasetalk.ticketleap.com/perl-tech-talk/detail...

Another blog reporting from the event:

"The Night Larry Wall Unveiled Perl 6"

http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2015/10/06/the-night-larry-wall-...

When I first started reading this I thought the site was satire, though the article itself (ignoring the site) certainly didn't feel that way.

It is neither go-to or trusted but it is one of the best places on the Web.

What source would you recommend?

Here are the official words from Larry. There will be 2 beta releases and the major one in December. Larry goes by the handle TimToady http://imgur.com/1Vrpl2G

That source is nowhere near as informative.

Its a snap of today's perl6 IRC log . http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2015-10-07#i_11330785

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