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I'd argue even without them Ruby would be alive in the sense that the core language would get frequent updates. Even Perl is still alive https://github.com/Perl
by joelbluminator 5y ago
I'd argue even without them Ruby would be alive in the sense that the core language would get frequent updates.
Even Perl is still alive https://github.com/Perl/perl5 https://github.com/Perl/perl5, even in a healthier state than I would have thought.
- jamesfinlayson 5y agoOh wow, Perl is still getting monthly updates - I knew it was on the decline but I thought the whole Perl 6/Perl 7/Perl 11 fragmentation had left things in a worse state.
- IggleSniggle 5y agoI’ve heard of Raku (Perl 6), but didn’t realize there was a Perl 7 or Perl 11. Pretty interesting problem. In Java land you get Java 8, current Java, Groovy, Kotlin, etc. So Perl is in good company in this regard.
- lizmat 5y agoPerl 11 was a thought experiment. It never actually became anything beyond a website expressing that notion. It got no traction from anybody apart of the originators. And of that I'm not really sure either.