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I expect that the reaction from most of the HN community will be somewhat similar to "why use perl these days when there are so many other more modern choices,"
by pyrophane 11y ago
I expect that the reaction from most of the HN community will be somewhat similar to "why use perl these days when there are so many other more modern choices," but reading the spec there are a lot of nice things in perl6, including the static type system, macro support, and improved patter matching. The syntax still feels a little antiquated, but there is an awful lot to like in this new release, and i expect that so very expressive, not overly opaque code will be written using this.
- zoffix222 11y agoNote that Perl 6 now is really a brand new language. The old Perl continues to chug along in the form of Perl 5 (with yearly releases and feature additions). As such, Perl 6 is a modern language, with all that you can expect to have in one.
- Mithaldu 11y ago> why use perl these days when there are so many other more modern choices I appreciate that you don't mean ill, and in fact wrote your post in support. However i'd like to point out that this sentiment is a little bit uninformed; both about Perl 6 (as it really is a new language) and Perl 5 (as it still keeps putting innovations in production that other languages have yet to catch up on). Some research and asking about either of these comes with a lot of opportunity to be surprised and delighted. :)