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."

Comments

It's about time

[geekd]

I went to a presentation at a Unix convention in San Diego in 2000, 15 years ago, where Larry Wall talked at length about Perl 6, and how he was hard at work on it.

Well, better late than never.

Re:Bugs mistaken as features?

[lgw]

It gets better, in addition to "comefrom" (OK, "react"), the only branching construct worse than goto, you can change operator precedence. How'd you like to maintain that code?