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Given how long it took to replace Perl 6, and the fact that I (and most others I know) have moved onto other languages, I can't decide if I'm more (a) surprised
by reuven 11y ago
Given how long it took to replace Perl 6, and the fact that I (and most others I know) have moved onto other languages, I can't decide if I'm more (a) surprised, (b) impressed, or (c) indifferent.
Kudos to Larry for sticking with it, and for (I'm sure) introducing interesting ideas into the world of programming languages. That said, I have to wonder how many people will really use Perl 6 in their day-to-day work, and how many will look at it as a curiosity.
For me, I'm afraid that Python and Ruby have replaced Perl, despite more than 10 years in which Perl was my go-to language. Maybe I'll return to it, but I sorta doubt it.
- jandrese 11y agoI don't know, there's something to be said for a language that isn't a moving target. You learn it really well inside and out and your effort isn't wasted as it is thrown away for some hot new fad language in a couple of years or find that everything you learned is now deprecated because the authors decided that functional programming is the bees knees.