Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Larry Wall Unveils Perl 6.0.0

Posted by Soulskill on from the onward-and-upward dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Last night Larry Wall unveiled the first development release of Perl 6, joking that now a top priority was fixing bugs that could be mistaken for features. The new language features meta-programming — the ability to define new bits of syntax on your own to extend the language, and even new infix operators. Larry also previewed what one reviewer called "exotic and new" features, including the sequence operator and new control structures like "react" and "gather and take" lists. "We don't want their language to run out of steam," Larry told the audience. "It might be a 30- or 40-year language. I think it's good enough."

3 of 163 comments (clear)

  1. LOL, Perl? Seriously? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Please, I freed myself of that perl shit ~10 years ago.

    I got tired of writing programs that looked like line noise.

    PERL: Programmable Excrement for Retards and Losers

  2. Re:Perl? LOL. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hopefully it sucks less than Duke Nukem Forever.

  3. Re:No Coroutines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    maybe you should stop over-engineering your shitty code. take your coroutines and fuck off.