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What is Perl 6?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the it-all-started-with-a-camel dept.

chromatic writes "Perl.com has a new article entitled What is Perl 6?. It analyzes the changes to the language in light of the good and bad points of Perl 5 and provides new information about the current state of the project: Perl 6 exists, you can write code in it today, and it's more consistent and easier to use than Perl 5."

2 of 343 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Who cares what Perl 6 is.. by brpr · · Score: 1, Troll

    Let me know when Ruby gets lexical scoping which isn't broken.

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    Freedom is not increased by mere diminuation of government. Anarchy is freedom for the strong and slavery for the weak.
  2. Hey , lets leverage some pro-active synergy here! by Viol8 · · Score: 1, Troll

    "My problem I see"

    Your problem is you talk bullshit. Period. Go and relearn to speak
    english like a human and not a marketing droid and we might listen to you.