Re: [mh] When will WE be ready, and embrace Perl 6?

[David H. L. Jr. <dh...@dl...>]

Matthew Williams wrote:
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>   
>> Version 6 is _not_ new...
>>     
>
> PERL 6 has been in progress for years now.  There is talk about the first
> "stable" version being released at the end of the year, but there are also
> lots of jokes around whether PERL 6, Windows Vista or Duke Nukem Forever
> will be released first.  Even when it is released, it is likely to be full
> of minor bugs for quite a while.  As the old adage goes, never run version
> x.0.  BTW, my money is on Duke Nukem Forever.
>
>   
>> Version 5.8 is bro
Perl 6 is also a fairly radically rewrite. I am not completely up on the
details, but while compatibility was important, as I understand it there
was a willingness in the design of Perl 6 to sacrifice some
compatibility in return for other improvements. I think it is to be
expected that large Perl projects will not migrate trivially to Perl 6.

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