Yeah, that was my thinking, too - but no one was under the impression that Rakudo Star was anything but a sneak preview of Perl 6 - something to fiddle around with, and go, &quot;oh hey, neat!&quot;, and not to launch a business on. It answered the question, &quot;just what exactly are you up to?&quot;<p>Here&#x27;s how it was described in 2010:<p><i>Rakudo Star is aimed at “early adopters” of Perl 6. We know that it still has some bugs, it is far slower than it ought to be, and there are some advanced pieces of the Perl 6 language specification that aren’t implemented yet. But Rakudo Perl 6 in its current form is also proving to be viable (and fun) for developing applications and exploring a great new language. These “Star” releases are intended to make Perl 6 more widely available to programmers, grow the Perl 6 codebase, and gain additional end-user feedback about the Perl 6 language and Rakudo’s implementation of it.</i>
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;rakudo.org&#x2F;2010&#x2F;10&#x2F;28&#x2F;rakudo-star-2010-10-released&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;rakudo.org&#x2F;2010&#x2F;10&#x2F;28&#x2F;rakudo-star-2010-10-released&#x2F;</a><p>In 2015, it&#x27;s described as being in, &quot;beta&quot;. 
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;rakudo.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;28&#x2F;announce-rakudo-star-release-2015-11-now-in-beta&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;rakudo.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;28&#x2F;announce-rakudo-star-release-20...</a><p>Although the gp doesn&#x27;t post much, they are obviously a busy, respected, and influential member of the Perl community. I&#x27;m confused why they are so doom and gloom over this amazing new language (Perl 6) that is nearly a stable release.