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As some who dipped in to Perl 3 times, each a decade apart and therefore dealt with Perl 3, 4 and 5, it's annoying that now in version 6, the Perlites finally r
by lcuff 4y ago
As some who dipped in to Perl 3 times, each a decade apart and therefore dealt with Perl 3, 4 and 5, it's annoying that now in version 6, the Perlites finally realize that they got the ridiculous way of using sigils wrong.... $foo[2] is (formerly) an element of @foo. Also the joyous talk of brevity (think $_) is nauseating. Having to Google for the meaning of line noise is once, twice, three times a headache.
I acknowledge that every mind is different, and folks are drawn to different languages. I've met engineers who hated syntax coloring. But for the mind behind my own eyes, I love Ruby, hate Perl.
- orev 4y agoThere is no Perl 6. They finally woke up to the fact that the Perl 6 never-ending development was hurting the language, and now it’s a completely different project (Raku).
- lizmat 4y agoThat is incorrect, for several reasons. If you consider "never-ending development" until the first release, then Perl 6 ended development in 2015 when it was released. If you consider "never-ending development" biologically, then it just means that the language is alive. Which it is, and Perl as well for that matter. If you consider the language "Perl", then it should continue to be noted that for Larry Wall, Perl 6 (now Raku) still IS the next version of Perl. It just has a different name now.