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From:
Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Date:
June 24, 2009 02:17
Subject:
Re: Perl 5.10.1
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2009/6/24 Ovid <publiustemp-p5p3@yahoo.com>:
>
> I want to encourage people to experiment. Perl really, really needs some
> help and barring Perl 6 being released and adopted tomorrow, Perl 5 is the
> pony to bet on right now. Rafael holds the keys to the main branch of Perl
> right now and he's taking a conservative approach, as is his right. Thus, I
> don't see anything changing there. We need a good, stable fork where we can
> try to make Perl a modern language. Maybe's it's Schwern's fork. Maybe it's
> Kurila (I honestly don't know as I haven't paid enough attention).
Seriously, I don't see the point of forking. You'd want to fragment even more
the little resources we have for Perl 5 ? If someone sees me as an impediment
and wants the patch pumpkin, then ask.
--
The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off;
perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later
all men will do and know all things.
-- Borges
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