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Exactly. Widely-used programming languages continue to be used even when the authors move to a new version. Perl 5 lives on and is still developed and maintai
by thesuperbigfrog 6y ago
Exactly. Widely-used programming languages continue to be used even when the authors move to a new version.
Perl 5 lives on and is still developed and maintained: https://www.perl.org/get.html https://www.perl.org/get.html
Perl 6 became Raku: https://www.raku.org/ https://www.raku.org/
Python 2 is still in use, but officially deprecated: https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/ https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/
You could probably start a business maintaining a Python 2 distribution and selling support to businesses and organizations that rely on Python 2 and are not in a position to upgrade: https://www.activestate.com/blog/python-2-eol-report-card-is-the-industry-ready/ https://www.activestate.com/blog/python-2-eol-report-card-is...
- jhoechtl 6y agoUh, raku looks interesting, the web site is also quite accessible. Sad that it took so long, maybe Perl6 would have regained some territory otherwise.
- lizmat 6y agoWriting this while looking at CrewDragon docking at the ISS. Which took SpaceX 18 years, and many people thinking they would never make it. If anything, an inspiration to the people currently working on and using Raku!