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I thought that "Perl 6 is not Perl" was pretty much well understood by now. Perl 5 and Perl 6 are such vastly different languages, that they might as we have ju
by pyre 14y ago
I thought that "Perl 6 is not Perl" was pretty much well understood by now. Perl 5 and Perl 6 are such vastly different languages, that they might as we have just named it something different.
- kamaal 14y agoI think its right to say Perl 6 is not Perl 5. But Perl 6 is definitely Perl. I mean its Perl because it preserves the spirit of Perl since Perl 1. Besides as Larry has mentioned in so many occasions, Though Perl 6 has been designed ground up, in many ways that's the language Perl he always wanted to use. Using the name Perl also serves marketing needs.
- runjake 14y agoIt's not a very good marketing tactic, then. It gives end users the impression that Perl has stagnated, whether or not it's true. They've been talking about Perl 6 a long, long time.