On 9-Oct-2008, at 22:29, Charlie Garrison wrote:
> On 9/10/08 at 10:38 PM -0400, Derek Belrose
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I very rarely use the word vaporware, but Perl6 is one of those
>> that I definitely consider as vaporware.
>>
>> It's so hyped, I tend to avoid anyone building it up. At this
>> point, it's a completely different language...why even call it
>> perl? :)
>
> There was certainly a problem with momentum with that project.
> It seems to have really been picking up recently though, which
> is why I mentioned it.
I think the point is that perl6 bears little to know resemblance to,
say, perl5.
>> Seriously, when you make that dramatic of a change to the
>> syntax of a language, it pretty much ceases to be that language.
>
> I can't really claim to fully understand all the components that
> make up Perl6, but one of the components allows using different
> syntax. And of course one of those includes Perl5 syntax.
But this is a kludge thrown in to sort of kind of preserve backwards
compatibility with p5, as I understand it. And using p5 syntax you
give up p6, no?
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