From: Brent Dax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Aaron Sherman:
> #
> # I think the first guy that gets hired to maintain Perl6 code,
> # and think "hey, I know Perl, no sweat" will disagree with
> # you.
> 
> I disagree.  He'll see stuff he doesn't understand and try to
> consult perldoc on it, at which point he'll realize that he's
> working with Perl 6.  Then he'll run out, get Camel IV, read
> it, and go back to work. Programmer is working with a better
> version of language, program is fixed, and ORA made fifty
> bucks.  Everybody's happy.  :^)

Perhaps. Or perhaps he'll be like our company's lead C++ developers. They
liked Perl4 well enough for a certain problem domain, saw some Perl5 code...
and have tried to stay away from it ever since.

Perl6 isn't going to make everyone happy.

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