Re^4: Perl 5, Python, Rakudo, C/C++, Java, Lua?

Perl 6 has quite possibly been the biggest failure among programming languages.

You didn't read the parent post, did you? According to it, even with the backing of the DoD and commercial vendors, Ada still failed. No matter how much or how little progress Perl 6 makes, I still wouldn't give it the title of biggest failure.

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Re^5: Perl 5, Python, Rakudo, C/C++, Java, Lua? by Jenda (Abbot) on Mar 27, 2015 at 23:17 UTC
Just to make sure ... do YOU consider Ada a failure or not? Jenda Enoch was right! Enjoy the last years of Rome.	[reply]
Re^6: Perl 5, Python, Rakudo, C/C++, Java, Lua? by runrig (Abbot) on Mar 27, 2015 at 23:27 UTC
Being totally outside my radar, I don't have much of an opinion either way (same with Perl 6), but I'd have to lean toward saying that it fails at being a mainstream popular (as in being used outside of defense) programming language. Though that might not be an entirely bad thing (say, as opposed to PHP).	[reply]