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> it was a good decade before they even admitted Perl 6 might take longer than expected I was there at OSCon when Larry announced Perl6, and that it would be "
by makr17 11mo ago
> it was a good decade before they even admitted Perl 6 might take longer than expected
I was there at OSCon when Larry announced Perl6, and that it would be "out by Christmas". And I was there the next year, when he was asked about that, and cheekily replied "well, we never specified _which_ Christmas."
- Taikonerd 11mo ago> well, we never specified _which_ Christmas. The wider Perl community adopted that, and for years it was a running joke that Perl 6 would be "out by Christmas." Of course, people outside the Perl community didn't get the joke. They just perceived it as the Perl community making promises about release dates and then missing them. That was some self-inflicted damage.
- graemep 11mo agoThe First World War was supposed to be over by Christmas. Is it possible that it was a deliberate reference?