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Did you use more than logic to arrive at your conclusion, e.g. did you spend a while having fun, or at least trying to have fun, coding with Perl 6 before you r
by raiph 11y ago
Did you use more than logic to arrive at your conclusion, e.g. did you spend a while having fun, or at least trying to have fun, coding with Perl 6 before you reluctantly concluded it wasn't going to work out or did it never really appeal in that way to you in the first place?
- ceronman 11y agoI've in fact been playing with Perl 6. First a year ago, and then again when it was released. I've found and reported bugs. And I do think it has very powerful features. But hell it's hard to learn and very complex in my opinion.
- raiph 11y agoThanks. It's good to hear that you've tried to enjoy it and drawn conclusions from that experience. Imo Perl 6 has some easy on ramps and then a long and winding learning road that can be tiring to navigate due to pot holes, inadequate doc and tools, and lots of yak shaving. I wonder if you agree that bugs, weak doc, and an immature ecosystem and tooling are a significant contributor to the toll exacted by the long (endless?) learning curve? Also, if you've used and liked Perl 5 I'd be interested in your opinions about how you think the relationship of the two Perls will evolve.
- brudgers 11y agoLarry Wall talks about Perl 6 chasing Paul Graham's idea of a 100 year language (though he'd be happy with 30 or 40). [1] So I think it might be fair to say he takes a longer term view of programming languages and learning them than some other people...if 15 years of incubation wasn't enough evidence in itself. [1]: https://www.linuxvoice.com/interview-larry-wall/ https://www.linuxvoice.com/interview-larry-wall/