RE: Perl, the new generation

[Sam Tregar]

On Thu, 10 May 2001, David Grove wrote:

> The changes are beautiful. It's calling it "Perl" and relying on subliminal
> pursuasion to ask users to consider it the same that bothers me. That's a
> very Microsoftish tactic.

No, it's "Perl 6".  If you want "Perl 5" or even "Perl 4" you know where
to find it.  It's not a "Microsoftish tactic" it's just the way software
is developed and released.

> To me, any change, regardless of how small or great it may be, that alters a
> language in a way that will require maintenance to come into "standard", is
> not a change, but a fork.

You'd prefer projects change names on every significant version?  That's
pretty bizarre.

-sam