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Re^4: The Future of Perl 5by raiph (Deacon) |
on Aug 21, 2018 at 04:20 UTC ( [id://1220754]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Larry said these words within hours of the conception of Perl 6.
Like much of what Larry has said over the years about his thinking about the long term big picture, the stuff I quoted has always made sense to me. In contrast his talk of an alpha was essentially him relaying an estimate from the core group, a group that had already decided they wanted Larry to stay out of project management or implementation. The plan allotted him just 4 weeks to go from initial design concept to finished specification once the RFCs were in. Then, instead of the anticipated couple dozen RFCs, a few hundred of them rolled in. By mid September 2000 anyone paying attention should have known that the estimate from the group for an alpha (which Larry had simply relayed on that first day) was going to be years off.
The translation narrative still makes sense to me. I also see Inline::Perl5 as an appropriate solution in many scenarios.
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