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Am I doing it right?

Hm. Depends. Are you hoping to capture the essence of the knee-jerks; or that of the logisticians?

Perl6 news will be relevant when:

Until then, it is an also-ran.

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Re^3: Weekly changes in and around Perl 6
by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Feb 17, 2014 at 23:39 UTC

    I’ll preface by saying again, though I’d like to see it happen, I have no investment in perl6; I’m not hurt if it never appears in a form most of us would agree is good to go. But! By your definition, various versions of perl5 were never “news” and by implication should never have been posted here since some releases have had slowdowns over predecessors.

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      Note: I was not critiquing either raiph or his news.

      With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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      Hmmmmm... Perl 5 had users. perl-6 has announcements.
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Re^3: Weekly changes in and around Perl 6
by tobyink (Canon) on Feb 18, 2014 at 20:27 UTC

    "Until then, it is an also-ran."

    I don't know. Python is typically slower than Perl for these sorts of tasks, but it's not an also-ran.

    If Perl 6 can perform these tasks even 10% to 20% slower than Perl 5, it could still form a more attractive proposition if it leads to clearer and more maintainable code.

    use Moops; class Cow :rw { has name => (default => 'Ermintrude') }; say Cow->new->name
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      If Perl 6 can perform these tasks even 10% to 20% slower than Perl 5, it could still form a more attractive proposition

      I agree. I really meant in the same ballpark, preferably in the same quadrant.

      More specifically, if it can recurse; process files and perform math at roughly the same performance as Perl5; I think it would start to get people trying it out. But last time I looked -- a while since -- it was no where near.

      With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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