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There was a perl vs python religious war back then that generated a lot of online vitriol. Which made some sense since they were competing for mindshare in the

There was a perl vs python religious war back then that generated a lot of online vitriol. Which made some sense since they were competing for mindshare in the same space. Obviously Python won that war, but it's interesting to think how things would have worked out differentlywithout the self-destructive tragedy that was Perl 6.

lizmat 6y ago
That tragedy meanwhile has been renamed to Raku (https://raku.org https://raku.org using the #rakulang tag on social media) and is doing very well. Meanwhile, it appears at least some form of tragedy is continuing with the Perl 7 efforts. :-(