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On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 8:17 PM Rocco Caputo <rcaputo@pobox.com> wrote: > On 06/29/2020 13:13, Salvador Fandiño wrote: > > If I had understood correctly the aim behind p7, it is to get people > > to use the new features. Just the opposite of encouraging people to > > write code compatible with p5, right? > > > > If you want to remain compatible with both perl5 and perl7, you are > > going to have the worst of both worlds. You would not be able to use > > "features" removed from perl7 neither would you be able to use the new > > features added. > > This seems terrible. It can't possibly be canon. It implies a 7PAN > that is mutually exclusive from CPAN. How are people going to navigate > that? It does seem terrible indeed. One of the main lessons of the python2/3 transition is that the only way to make it happen seamlessly is to enable people to be compatible with both, yet that's surprisingly difficult as it stands right now. LeonThread Previous | Thread Next