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Has it? If we're talking about Python or Ruby, I'd regard that as a small move sideways, not onwards. It's pretty much the same family of languages, and Perl6 a
by mhd 12y ago
Has it? If we're talking about Python or Ruby, I'd regard that as a small move sideways, not onwards. It's pretty much the same family of languages, and Perl6 almost seems like a new member of it, yet another alternative for Perl5, not necessarily the most likely upgrade path.
If we're talking about the world having moved on to either Haskell, Erlang or Go, Rust, well, I don't really see that being as pervasive as it often appears on trend-seeking sites like this.
And I really hope we're not talking about JavaScript…
- hyp0 12y agoMaybe, the alternative perl, "Perlb"? I'd also agree with the "perpetual playground" comment, and note that Perl6 originated not as something needed, but as a way to keep the developer band together. Plus, I've always noticed a tendency in Perl in the last few years to be interesting/entertaining... sort of like it was designed by science fiction writers.