> The launch in fanfare of Perl6 in 2000 had a general chilling effect on Perl: many people considered from that point that there was no point learning and usin

> The launch in fanfare of Perl6 in 2000 had a general chilling effect on Perl: many people considered from that point that there was no point learning and using Perl 5, because Perl6 was "just around the corner" and was "the future of perl". Yup, the Osborne effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect