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Larry Wall Unveils Perl 6.0.0
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."
It is the End Times. I never thought this would ever happen.
Good bye everyone, it was fun while it lasted.
I'll be writing my "Hello apocalypse!" script in perl6 shortly.
Actually, if you look closely, the GP is actually a Perl script for computing the Fibonacci Sequence.
And the book appeared more than 11 years ago, so indeed, it's about time. Now I only have to wait for it to appear in Debian stable ...