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Re: Future Perl development

From:
chromatic
Date:
February 6, 2007 02:31
Subject:
Re: Future Perl development
Message ID:
200702060231.42352.chromatic@wgz.org
On Tuesday 06 February 2007 02:11, demerphq wrote:

> We've already see one contentious feature added to Perl5 purely
> because Perl6 mandated it, over the strenuous objection of a big chunk
> of the community.

Pumpking's rules.  Also Rule #1.  Those have been the rules for some 13 years 
now.

> Unless the community sorts itself out internally about this issue the
> long run will be that eventually Perl5 will get forked and the leading
> lights of the Perl6 community will be given no further say.

Don't I feel enfranchised now.  May I suggest you call it "Onion"?

-- c



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