--- In [email protected], Saifi Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, srinivas raj wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:56:12 +0530 > > From: srinivas raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Perl 6 ( pugs ) has the feature of multi line comments > > > > syntax : > > > > #[ this is > > a very long > > comment ----> ] > > > > http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2007/05/10/everyday-perl-6.html?page=last&x-maxdepth=0 > > > > Thank You, > > -srini > > > > Hi Srini: > > What exactly is the purpose of Perl 6 ? > > There is so much of syntax, idiomatic changes that it seems > almost like a new language. > > What happens to all the legacy Perl 5.x code ? > > With PHP making deep inroads in web apps > and Python taking over the core apps side, > what exactly is left for PERL 6 to do ? > > > thanks > Saifi. >
I think they are trying to make Perl a language which can also be used for what it is not suggested in current version (Perl 5). Check this Article Which explains why Perl 6 is required? http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2006/01/12/what_is_perl_6.html Perl 6 developemt site. http://dev.perl.org/perl6/ Perl 6 Architecture http://dev.perl.org/perl6/architecture.html Hope this helps. Thanks Sumit
