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Perl 5 isn't going anywhere, nor does anyone claim that it is. Perl 5 is still being actively developed, and it's still going to be in the future. Perl 6 has
by tene 16y ago
Perl 5 isn't going anywhere, nor does anyone claim that it is. Perl 5 is still being actively developed, and it's still going to be in the future. Perl 6 has worked out to not be so much a Perl 5 replacement as just another language in the Perl family.
- regularfry 16y agoIsn't that exactly why Perl 6 can't possibly do as well as Perl 5 did?
- chromatic 16y agoIf you assume that the only Perl 5 programmers would ever have an interest in Perl 6, perhaps.