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>We chose the immediate benefits for Perl 5. Well, I thank you. Is there a summary of what Tom Christensen did? I hold him up pretty high when it comes to Pe
by justinator 3y ago
>We chose the immediate benefits for Perl 5.
Well, I thank you.
Is there a summary of what Tom Christensen did? I hold him up pretty high when it comes to Perl lore. I don't know from what you wrote if he's the hero or villain in this case (and if you don't remember that's fine: ancient history)
- btilly 3y agoEssentially Tom was both knowledgeable and abrasive to an extreme. Technically he was brilliant and a valued asset. But socially he was a center of conflict. And the result was that Perl 5 development ground to a halt and other people left. I don't know everything that Larry did about the situation. But it was a situation that everyone on p5p was painfully aware of at the time.