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"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" If the majority of your article is spent saying "no, really! We're still relevant, I promise!" then you should take
by loewenskind 16y ago
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
If the majority of your article is spent saying "no, really! We're still relevant, I promise!" then you should take a step back and decide if the group you spend all your time with is bias'ing your views.
- mst 16y agoWhen you're unable to determine the difference between "the majority of [an] article" and "the first three questions out of eighteen" then you should take a step back and decide if you're reading from the assumption that Perl is no longer relevant rather than with an open mind.
- mjs 16y agoI might have missed it, but does Conway concede at any point that there's anything he (or the Perl 6 development process) should've done differently, or better? From the interview, it seems that the last 10 years turned out as entirely as he was expecting and hoping, and that he has no regrets. He's like: "Some people think Perl is dead ... but they're so wrong I won't even bother correcting their misconception." Or: "It's taken 10 years ... but designing Python took 10 years as well, and since Python is popular, we'll be popular too." Interesting that he's now giving a date for a Perl 6 release. (6-12 months.)