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Wat? Consider Perl was created in 1987 when compute resources were things like the Apple II with a Motorola 68020 at 16 MHz with 4MB of RAM. Exactly what do you
by Ultimatt 7y ago
Wat? Consider Perl was created in 1987 when compute resources were things like the Apple II with a Motorola 68020 at 16 MHz with 4MB of RAM. Exactly what do you imagine was the reaction back then? Something being "interpreted" (which Perl 6 is not any more than C# or Java or JavaScript) simply doesn't matter given modern computers, and things like JIT at runtime are hugely valuable even in languages like C. Some interpretation is better than upfront compilation.