$Perl6 = all("language", "compiler", "runtime", @more)

• The Perl 6 effort represents much more than simply providing a way to run Perl 6 programs

• Language interoperability

• Runtime environment to host multiple dynamic languages (Parrot)

• A suite of compiler tools to help language implementors target the common runtime environment

• A platform for code development tools

• The Perl 6 compiler represents a demonstration -- perhaps the "premiere demonstration" -- of the capabilities of the total development and runtime environment we are building.