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Perl 6 In Time For Next Christmas?

Posted by samzenpus on from the soon-to-come dept.

An anonymous reader writes Larry Wall has reportedly announced at Fosdem that "Perl 6 Developers will attempt to make a development release of Version 1.0 of Perl 6.0 in time for his 61st Birthday this year and a Version 1.0 release by Christmas 2015." From the article: "There is going to be the inevitable discussions, comments and probably some mileage from detractors to come. However ever were it so, for us in the Perl Community these are quite exciting times. We have two strong languages and a strong community, I think there is a lot that binds us together so here's looking forward to Christmas."

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  1. SEE: Python v2 vs Python v3. by grep+-v+'.*'+* · · Score: 1, Informative

    EOM

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  2. Re:Enjoy years of splitting between 5 and 6 by fisted · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sorry to break it to you, but perl has use <version>; for a long time now.

    That the Python people went about the version bump in about the most ham-fisted way imaginable does not mean that this would somehow be the case for all languages now.

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  3. over a decade of hard work at getting it right by raymorris · · Score: 4, Informative

    From a decade ago until now, the Perl devs have spent those ten years improving upon what you either misunderstood or are exaggerating for comedic effect.

    Java was rushed out quickly, and early versions of Java made that obvious. Perl6 is the opposite - they've taken all the time needed to perfectly implement their vision, to make it exactly what it's supposed to be. Not everything is nail, so a hammer isn't the right tool for every job, but Perl6 is a mighty fine hammer. If you have a task well suited to what Perl6 is made for, it's a fine tool for the job.