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Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6 and debunk our own self generated FUD.

From:
Nicholas Clark
Date:
July 16, 2006 21:13
Subject:
Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6 and debunk our own self generated FUD.
Message ID:
20060717041254.GC77933@plum.flirble.org
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 01:01:01AM +0000, Scott Walters wrote:
> I hope that aside didn't detract from my primary message -- that Perl 5 just
> works entirely too well from a user's point of view and from a CPAN author's
> point of view, and that's going to cause the no news (which happens to be
> good news) effect you've noticed.  

That was my suspicion. Glad that I'm not the only one thinking this.

[interesting observations on logic obfuscated by being dispersed]

> I should have been more clear -- it isn't even so much that core *needs* to
> be cleaned up so much that, in my opinion, it's going to be *worth while* to
> do any possible cleaning on it.  Pugs may eventually be rewritten into

I'm in two minds about it. (Ignoring for now the question of who has the time,
or alternatively who has the money). The downside of cleaning is the danger of
introducing subtle new bugs.

> Sorry if I'm repeating past discussion.  Please tell me if this is the case.

I don't think that you are. I infer that the lack of reply is because no-one
disagrees strongly with you.

Nicholas Clark

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