<i>How are we to trust that Rakudo won&#x27;t go the way of Pugs, or that MoarVM won&#x27;t go the way of Parrot, leaving us in a lurch?</i><p>Some people will tell you to trust them. I, on the other hand, base my expectations on the history of the project and the actions of the people involved. I don&#x27;t believe you can turn 15 years of disappointment and underperforming into something usable based on an arbitrary deadline enforced by yet another marketing announcement.