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by FROGGS 12y ago
You can look here for code examples for a given problem: http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Perl_6 We also had an online training about binding C-libs (the first online training that I know of), but it was not record
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by FROGGS 12y ago
And at that point they found out that Perl 6 will be a complete rewrite and not just a cleaned up Perl 5. I also guess that the Second System feeling already arrived in some minds, the problem IMO is more that the 'by Christmas' j
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by FROGGS 13y ago
Exactly. So you always have two choices: 1) Just update a little step by step. Here you would keep your userbase until there is a piece of software after a decade that will take a high percentage of that userbase. 2) Do a rewrite that takes
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by FROGGS 13y ago
> that said, i thought it was it a cool language. even though i'm not sure if there was a clear direction of where it was going. Why are you using past tense? When you skim the last year here you cannot say that Perl 6 is dead: htt
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by FROGGS 13y ago
That really depends. If you need a richful module ecosystem then you won't be that lucky. But if your task would be doable with the many built-ins (and the modules shown on modules.perl6.org), then I'd say use it. I see that I am
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by FROGGS 13y ago
BeerVM was also considered as a name :o)
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by FROGGS 13y ago
That is the whole point, yes. It will get no features that are fun to implement but won't help Rakudo (Perl 6) to run on it.
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by FROGGS 13y ago
rurban is working hard these days to make Parrot fast again. Let's check again in a month to see how this went out :o)