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You didn't say whether you mean "Perl, the language" or "Perl, the interpretter". There is a *big* difference.

If "Perl, the language" would remain free and there would be more than one implementation for it, we wouldn't have to worry about who owns "Perl, the interpretter".

But this involves submitting Perl, the language, to a standards body, and it seems that some proeminent community members are *strongly* against it.

Too bad, in my opinion.

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Re: Re: So, Netscape is dead?
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 18, 2003 at 12:23 UTC
    Too bad, in my opinion.

    There's lots of more stable (as in, not changing) options out there if that's your thing. Perfection isn't going to be achieved through a standard ;-)

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      Well, I'm all for "change" if it's ... "stable" :)

      Meaning, I don't fear "change" if it's consistent across platforms/programs, etc. and if it makes sense. But that's not the reason I mentioned the "standards body".

      Anyway, I hope you will elaborate on the alternatives. I'm really curious.

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        I hope you will elaborate on the alternatives.

        Obviously C & C++ (well, mostly). There are also a great deal of languages that stick to a consistant approach. Java and Python come to mind, they do change, but in a predictable manner that in my experience causes minimum problems.

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