On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 08:55, Elias Assmann wrote: > On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Jenda Krynicky wrote: > > Ah well ... it will HURT. I'm sure I'll envy the newcomers. Since it'll > > take ages to get used to the new $@% meaning and the new > > operators. > Just out of interest: were the changes between the last Perl versions > equally drastic? (I'm thinking of 4->5 or something; I'm sure there > were lots of changes in the early versions) > > Elias > > -- > "There are people who don't like capitalism, and there are people who don't like PCs, > but there's no one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft." > -- Bill Gates
I wasn't here for it, but from what people have said it wasn't that bad. Mostly version 5 added features so Perl 4 scripts still run unmodified. The problem was that a lot of things just got bolted on (ie the OO stuff) and didn't work that well -- you try putting a howitzer in your car and see how well it runs. Perl 6 is basically a complete redesign _because_ of the problems with not making Perl 5 a radical enough change. -- Today is Prickle-Prickle the 21st day of Discord in the YOLD 3168 This statement is false. Missile Address: 33:48:3.521N 84:23:34.786W -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
