>>>>> "Larry" == Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Larry> It would be a (roughly) zero growth option to simply
Larry> switch to :x syntax for command-line switches instead of -x syntax.
Larry> Any program that uses colon switches instead of minus switches would
Larry> then automatically be assumed to be in Perl 6.
Boy, when Larry says "I get the colon", he really had plans for it.
:-)
Perl8 will look like:
:::: :: :::::::: : : :::::: :: ::::::::::: :::::;
(note the semicolon line terminator, to be replaced by a colon in Perl9).
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