I disagree... the changes from Perl 4 to Perl 5.500?? were so much that I did have to re-write almost all my works, (the small ones were spared). The reason why I had to re-write it was that there were some subtle syntax changes, but mainly the functionality added was better the crap that I wrote to emulate it. 8^)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Chas Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:20 AM > To: Elias Assmann > Cc: Beginners (E-mail) > Subject: Re: Perl 6? > > > 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] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit Systems Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
