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Wait, hold on. They're talking about Perl7. Is this the next version after Perl6, which is called Raku? Or is Raku already completely forked off and now they
by CydeWeys 6y ago
Wait, hold on. They're talking about Perl7. Is this the next version after Perl6, which is called Raku? Or is Raku already completely forked off and now they're talking about another fork of what remains of Perl?
- tyingq 6y agoIt's the next logical major version for Perl 5. Consider "Perl 6" to be a dead term.
- PCChris 6y agoThey are talking about the next iteration of Perl 5. https://www.perl.com/article/announcing-perl-7/ https://www.perl.com/article/announcing-perl-7/
- em-bee 6y agoperl7 is the continued development of perl5. they skipped 6 to avoid confusion with raku.