I look at it in two ways. First, Perl is installed on millions of machines by default, with full access to the CPAN--still one of the largest repositories of f

I look at it in two ways. First, Perl is installed on millions of machines by default, with full access to the CPAN--still one of the largest repositories of freely available libraries, with Perl's backwards compatibility and testing offering a lot of stability. If P6 comes out and succeeds, it'll still be quite a while before it can offer anything like that. Second, I've given away electronic versions of the book for five years. It's not about the money or the job prospects for me. I figure the book's helped more people than I can count, so why not continue?