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Larry Wall on Perl 6

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-it-would-make-sense-that-he-talks-about-that dept.

Nate writes "Linux Format magazine has an interview with Larry Wall, the eccentric linguist and coder behind Perl. Larry discusses some of the new Perl 6 features ready to rock the world, and if you're not planning to move from Perl 5.8, he has a few musings on that too."

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  1. Re:Arg!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well they can use me if they want. My name is also Pearl but then on http://www.hotwebcam.org/ :P:P:P

  2. Re:Perl? Are you kidding me? by arevos · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Basically, perl is like Emacs or the CLI: it's a cult.

    Whilst I agree with you generally, why did you consider the CLI to be 'a cult'? And to which CLI do you refer? Bash has its deficiencies and irregular syntax, but I don't know of anything better. Do you?

  3. Re:Full article text by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My God, you're right.

    If I had a subscription, I'd cancel it.

  4. MOD PARENT UP!!! His insight makes me horny! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You, sir, deserve a "+5 Stimulating"! By the way, I am holding my penis in my right hand as I type to you with my left.