Re: perl 6 requirements

[Tom Christiansen]

Thank you for your compliments.

>  Would you be willing to give us a first shot at what Perl *is* to get the
>discussion going?

Only as slogans; deep analysis will require ascending a nearby summit.

    "Perl is a language you already know, but that you just don't
     know that you know."

    "Perl is a language for getting your job done."

    "Perl is the Cliff Notes of Unix."

    "Perl tries to fit itself around your brain instead
     of insisting on the reverse."

And most importantly:

    "Perl makes programming fun again."


--tom