On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 12:58:16PM -0500, Steven Lembark wrote:
> >
> > > Somehow, hearing Damian shout "You will love the new syntax" at the last
> > > YAPC, wasn't enough. I still feel some animosity towards Perl 6; like its
> > > gonna take over Perl 5 completely. A feeling not very different from that
> > > I have towards Python!
> >
> > If you enjoy debugging code that gets broken by people
> > using different editors on it then feel free to switch :-)
> >
> > The majority of perl will be consistent with what it is
> > now: a pretty much free-format language that permits
> > stringent, well-designed code and fun.
>
> I think calling a language that will parse things differently
> if you insert white space between tokens "free-format" totally
> removes all meaning from the phrase "free-format".
>
> > Beyond which, we're liklely be able to "use perl5;" (or
> > something like it) and have the old stuff run as-is. It
> > would be better to leave the angst stage until the iniaial
> > versions come out, since there will certianly be any
> > number of changes 'tween now and then.
>
>
> The point isn't old stuff. If I were to retire from using computers,
> I wouldn't make a fuss.
>
> But I still plan to write *new* stuff, even after perl6 gets released.
>
> And no, saying "perl5 will still be around" isn't doing us much good.
> There won't be new development of perl5, or bug fixes.
>
> Other languages will remain being developed and bugfixed. If perl6 is
> going to happen (I hope it won't), I'll be shopping for a new language.
> perl6 will just be one of the candidates.
When the developmet/bug fixing of perl5 discontinues, what will happen if
someone insists to continue the path. Perhaps with forking?
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