Re^2: Perl to Ruby translator?

Perl6 is all about breaking new ground

I'm curious. What new ground do you think Perl 6 is breaking? It's borrowing lots from other languages but I don't see anything really new.

What makes Perl so great is its strategy of mugging any languages that happen to be walking past for anything that looks vaguely useful :-)

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Re^3: Perl to Ruby translator? by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Oct 12, 2003 at 02:48 UTC
I got myself in a bind with that expression, didn't I? It's hard to explain, too. My point is along the lines that Perl6 is about trying to give features formerly considered "esoteric" to "code grunts". I wish I could outline it any clearer. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re: Re^2: Perl to Ruby translator? by Anonymous Monk on Oct 13, 2003 at 11:56 UTC
I'm curious. What new ground do you think Perl 6 is breaking? It's borrowing lots from other languages but I don't see anything really new. That's just it. Like perl5, it's borrowing all the great features from other languages, enhancing them, makeing them perlish, thus creating a cohesive and coherent, language (platform). Also, almost every perl5 feature is being continually improved, like the regex engine (you won't need flex/bison anymore). Then there are awsome hyperoperators, and generators ... complete programmer satisfaction ;)	[reply]