Re^3: Perl 6 Fundamentals

"You can hardly say the same of Perl 5, which only has one implementation and no specification."

Yet Perl5 is production ready and Perl6 barely compiles and runs like garbage.

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Re^4: Perl 6 Fundamentals by vrk (Chaplain) on May 09, 2017 at 20:06 UTC
Not sure this is worth replying to, but let's see: Perl 5 Idea about what Perl 5 should be, based on Perl 4: 1990-1991? (Perl 4.000 released in 1991) First working, usable compiler: Oct 1994 (5.000) "Classic" Perl, robust and mature implementation: Mar 2000 (5.6, Camel Book 3rd ed) Major revival, Modern Perl: May 2011 (5.14, Camel Book 4th ed) Perl 6 Idea about what Perl 6 should be, based on Perl 5: ~2000 Proof of concept prototypes for compilers: 2005-2010 First working, usable compiler: Dec 2015 (Rakudo 1.0/spec v6.c) Robust and mature implementation: ??? (whoops, we're not there yet; it took Perl 5 almost six years)	[reply]

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Re^4: Perl 6 Fundamentals
by vrk (Chaplain) on May 09, 2017 at 20:06 UTC

Not sure this is worth replying to, but let's see:

Perl 5: Idea about what Perl 5 should be, based on Perl 4: 1990-1991? (Perl 4.000 released in 1991); First working, usable compiler: Oct 1994 (5.000); "Classic" Perl, robust and mature implementation: Mar 2000 (5.6, Camel Book 3rd ed); Major revival, Modern Perl: May 2011 (5.14, Camel Book 4th ed)
Perl 6: Idea about what Perl 6 should be, based on Perl 5: ~2000; Proof of concept prototypes for compilers: 2005-2010; First working, usable compiler: Dec 2015 (Rakudo 1.0/spec v6.c); Robust and mature implementation: ??? (whoops, we're not there yet; it took Perl 5 almost six years)