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Ah, that old chestnut again. The argument falls down when we see what really happened: Perl 6 had and continues to have a huge positive influence on Perl 5, the
by slashdotaccount 13y ago
Ah, that old chestnut again. The argument falls down when we see what really happened: Perl 6 had and continues to have a huge positive influence on Perl 5, the future belongs to both as there turned out to be no discontinuous move, and Perl 5 stays up-to-date.
- Peaker 13y agoEven if it is only the way things are perceived, and not the actual truth - it can still explain the decay of the community.
- draegtun 13y agoWhat decay? The Perl community still continues to grow - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6738619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6738619
- smacktoward 13y agoI'm sure there are people who see it that way; I can only speak for myself and for every other Perl developer I ever worked with.
- mikeash 13y agoIt doesn't really matter if it turned out not to be discontinuous. The fact that it looked like it was going to be for a long, long time is still a big problem.