<s>
Rakudo	B-Language
is	O
a	O
Raku	B-Application
compiler	B-Language
targeting	O
MoarVM	B-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
,	O
that	O
implements	O
the	O
Raku	B-Application
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
currently	O
the	O
only	O
major	O
Raku	B-Application
compiler	B-Language
in	O
active	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
developed	O
within	O
the	O
Parrot	B-Language
project	O
,	O
the	O
Rakudo	B-Language
source	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
repository	I-General_Concept
was	O
split	B-Application
from	O
the	O
project	O
in	O
February	O
2009	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
developed	O
independently	O
,	O
although	O
there	O
were	O
still	O
many	O
dependencies	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rakudo	B-Language
is	O
written	B-General_Concept
in	O
C	B-Language
,	O
Raku	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
lightweight	O
Raku	B-Application
subset	O
NQP	O
(	O
Not	O
Quite	O
Perl	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rakudo	B-Language
Perl	I-Language
#14	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2009	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Vienna	O
after	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
mongers	I-Language
group	O
that	O
had	O
sponsored	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
developers	O
since	O
April	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequent	O
releases	O
have	O
used	O
codenames	O
based	O
on	O
Perl	B-Language
mongers	I-Language
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
a	O
distribution	O
of	O
both	O
compiler	B-Language
and	O
modules	O
(	O
named	O
"	O
Rakudo	B-Language
*	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
Rakudo	B-Language
Star	I-Language
"	O
)	O
was	O
on	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Rakudo	B-Language
"	O
for	O
the	O
Raku	B-Application
compiler	B-Language
was	O
first	O
suggested	O
by	O
Damian	O
Conway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Rakudo	B-Language
"	O
is	O
short	O
for	O
"	O
Rakuda-dō	O
"	O
(	O
with	O
a	O
long	O
'	O
o	O
 '	O
;	O
駱駝道	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
Japanese	O
for	O
"	O
Way	O
of	O
the	O
Camel	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Rakudo	B-Language
"	O
(	O
with	O
a	O
short	O
'	O
o	O
 '	O
;	O
楽土	O
)	O
also	O
means	O
"	O
paradise	O
"	O
in	O
Japanese	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
Rakudo	B-Language
"	O
was	O
also	O
chosen	O
to	O
distinguish	O
between	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
language	O
implementation	O
(	O
"	O
Rakudo	B-Language
"	O
)	O
from	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
specification	O
(	O
"	O
Raku	B-Application
"	O
)	O
–	O
any	O
implementation	O
that	O
passes	O
the	O
official	O
test	O
suite	O
could	O
call	O
itself	O
"	O
Raku	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
currently	O
several	O
implementations	O
at	O
various	O
levels	O
of	O
maturity	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
Rakudo	B-Language
implementing	O
full	O
Raku	B-Application
and	O
NQP	O
for	O
Raku	B-Application
subset	O
.	O
</s>
