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From:
Veesh Goldman
Date:
June 28, 2020 12:06
Subject:
Re: Announcing Perl 7
Message ID:
CAO-W_8DEptqBY7xZxK8gCpdowyrwMzykBFxEr_5R_64df6jrvg@mail.gmail.com
I would like to point out that the point is that older users are supposed
to shoulder the burden of the transition, so that newer users can join and
stay long enough to become older users.

On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 2:52 PM Salvador Fandiño <sfandino@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25/6/20 10:16, Dave Mitchell wrote:
>  > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 11:49:30PM +0300, Sawyer X wrote:
>  >> * Major versions will be used for two purposes: 1. Turn on features
>  >> and pragmas by default, 2. Remove syntax from the language.
>  >
>  > I want to be on the record that I extremely strongly oppose this change.
>  >
>  > I think if people want to use the new modern perl, they just put this
>  > one simple line at the top of their code:
>  >
>  >      use v7;
>  > ...
>
> I just want to say that I have the same opinion as Dave.
>

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