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On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 07:36:48AM -0800, Peter Scott wrote:
> The main failing of Perl 6 development may be that it has not enrolled
> the assistance of some key people in the Perl 5 world, or sustained their
> interest over 6.5 years of development. Leading to a Catch-22 of the
> people left in P6 development wondering when they're going to get help and
> the people on the outside wondering when they're going to get a P6 to help
> with. I do think that Perl 6 could use some of their "enough already,
> let's get something out there" energy.
I've felt a lot of Perl 6 apathy since Perl 6 was first announced as a
project.
In my opinion, Perl 5 has been great as it evolved out of a common
need in a niche where few acceptable alternatives existed. It captured
the imagination of many capable and motivated people.
Perl 6 is taking a different route, in my opinion. I don't see it as
evolving from a common need. It seems to have reverted to the ivory
tower theorizing that has damned many other languages to obscurity.
Perl 5 already satisfies the needs of most of us. We don't need Perl 6.
Perl 6 is some sort of fantastic wet dream. :-)
The space Perl 6 is competing in, has other acceptable alternatives
already out. Java, C#, Python, and Ruby are probably the most well
recognized.
I would need a reason to switch to Perl 6. I don't see one yet.
Go Perl 5! Stay rock solid!
Cheers,
mark
P.S. I've kept this message applicable by showing my support for Perl 5. :-)
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