in reply to Perl 6 on Windows 10

WARNING:I have no knowledge to contribute to your question.

But I have a speculation. The version of, the implementation of, "Perl6" (whatever that is), shipped before 'Windows 10' became available and the test that results in the specific diagnosis that you cite is simply too specific. Ie. Instead of excluding anything it knows to be incompatible; it precludes everything not know to be compatible.

Due to the whole TDD phenomena, there is a tendency amongst its proponents to equate 'counts of tests' with 'effective testing'. The effect of that is to cause many of the indoctrinated to consider the nunber of individual tests run as more important than the efficacy of the product of those individual tests.

That is to say; 10 individual tests that test scenarios that can reasonably be expected to never happen, is seen as 'more betterer' that testing one or two things that might reasonably be expected to happen.

Hence: testing for: die '...' if $version != '...' and $version != '...' and $version != '...' is seen as a "better test" than $version >= '6.0.6001'.

Sad, innit!

Bottom line: Investigate the sources and disable that failing test, because the probability is that once you do; everything will work just fine.

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Re^2: Perl 6 on Windows 10
by soonix (Chancellor) on Oct 13, 2015 at 09:13 UTC
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      Exactly so!

      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.
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Re^2: Perl 6 on Windows 10
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 12, 2015 at 19:27 UTC
    Sundial, sundial, sundial... your obsessively weird and off-topic speculation is spreading!
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      (Snicker ...)   If you will kindly look at the actual author of the post in question, you will observe that I did not say a word.

      All that I did, with regard to this post, is to very-promptly upvote it, as 21 others (at present count ...) had already done.   I do, indeed, agree quite completely with BrowserUK’s voice of experience on this matter.   (My laptop camera, if turned on, would right now confirm the presence of vigorous head-nodding on my part ...)

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