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Elizabeth Mattijsen
Date:
September 8, 2014 19:19
Subject:
Re: Roadmap/plan for Perl 5?
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336AB572-D4C1-41AC-A871-13676ED722B9@dijkmat.nl
On 08 Sep 2014, at 16:33, bulk88 <bulk88@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Sawyer X wrote:
>> All of these metaphors are beginning to confuse me. Considering I wasn't smart enough to begin with, I'll go back to the basics. :)
>> My interest boils down to: do the Perl 5 Porters, as a group, have any intention of continually developing Perl 5 (the language and the interpreter), or is it simply a state of keeping it alive? Is Perl 5 still growing are is it at a development standstill?
> Perl 6 is not the future of Perl 5. After enough years the 2 camps have separated.

This feels like a self-fulfilling prophecy to me.  Is that really what you want?

For better or for worse, Perl 6 is here to stay.  Whether one wants to be a part of that, is a personal decision.  But please, keep an open mind and don’t perpetuate bad memes.




Liz
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