Rules:

• The perl6 interpreter that is found in Parrot's CVS tree does not count :)
• Beta versions, alpha versions, release candidates don't count, we're looking for the first final release
• Answer in YYYY-MM-DD (updated! Thanks, blakem) format, to avoid confusion (2020-06-12 is June 12, 2020)
• UTC will be used
• No, you can't win anything with this :)
• Don't cheat by updating your node. I'm too lazy to check it :)

To help you, this is what has been said about the subject:

• Larry intends to produce "one Apocalypse for each Chapter [of the camel3]". The average time between Apocalypses has been 3 or 4 months. Let's be kind and cut the length of the Camel from 33 chapters to 20 chapters. Extrapolating that out and you get a finished design somewhere between 2006 and 2008.
  -- Matts, use Perl;
• I don't really care, because I will surely be long deceased before then. :)
  -- Luke Palmer, Perl6 Summary for the week ending 20020728
• February 17, 2004 at 13:42 GMT. ;) Okay, no. :) But the current estimates of 12-18 months sound pretty reasonable, especially with the progress we've seen in Parrot.
  -- Allison Randal, This Week on Perl 6 (8 - 14 Jul 2002)
• 1 year
  -- Josef höök, This week on Perl 6 (week ending 2002-08-04)
• In about 2 years, then ready for production use in a further year.
  -- Dave Mitchell, This week on Perl 6 (week ending 2002-08-11)
• Put me down for June 6, 2003, 1:37:03 am EST.
  -- Miko O'Sullivan, This week on Perl 6 (8/26 - 9/1, 2002)
• By Christmas.
  -- Damian Conway, This week on Perl 6 (9/9 - 9/15, 2002)
• Sooner than most people think.
  -- Leo Brocard, This week on Perl 6 (9/16 - 9/22, 2002)
• Sooner than we all think. Later than I want.
  -- Piers Cawly, This week on Perl 6 (9/23 - 9/29, 2002)
• The design phase of Perl 6 is supposed to be completed by the end of 2001 and the software is scheduled to be released sometime in mid 2002.
  -- Unknown, LWN
• Perl creator Larry Wall announced that Perl 6-a complete rewrite-will be released in late 2001 or early 2002.
  -- Larry Wall (Quote from Chris Preimesberger), O'Reilly Open Source Convention

My entry: 2003-07-05

Good luck! :)

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