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The more comments I read in this thread, the more this sounds like Perl 5 and Perl 6.
by hnick 6y ago
The more comments I read in this thread, the more this sounds like Perl 5 and Perl 6.
- enragedcacti 6y agoIt seems as though this is kind of a common paradigm for game engines. Because the tech and/or best practices move so quickly, trying to lock in full backwards compatibility becomes a burden and thus engine devs fall back to "If you started your game on 3.x then it's probably best to stay there. Your next game can start fresh on 4.x"
- Buttons840 6y agoWhy Pearl instead of the dozens of other successful projects that maintain a stable version while working on a new version?
- hnick 6y agoBecause I worked with Perl and got burned a bit so it came to mind. I understand game engines are different and people build against stable versions for years sometimes.
- bartvk 6y agoIt'll take some time before you can confidently make that assessment, though. It took ten years for Perl 6 to come out, and then actually it didn't come out as Perl.