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

From:
Adam Kennedy
Date:
July 16, 2006 23:41
Subject:
Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6 and debunkour own self generated FUD.
Message ID:
20060717064131.5407.qmail@lists.develooper.com
> 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.

This one is likely to come down to QA to detect any such bugs early. 
With enough testing, they should be able to be as preventable as possible.

However, it would take a lot of CPU. I'd be happy to see something like 
all of Phalanx as a suitable test...

Adam K

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