Was P5 really a rewrite of P4, or did you put it in "quotes" for irony?
No irony this time LanX. I was being deadly serious ... just as I was last time I got into heated arguments about the definition of "rewrite" vs "refactor" ... seems to go with the territory. :) Please note that Larry Wall at least seems to agree with me that Perl 5 was indeed a "rewrite" and not a "refactor".

Perl 5 was my rewrite of Perl. I want Perl 6 to be the community's rewrite of Perl and of the community.

-- Larry Wall from Perl 6 archive

See the full Nobody Expects the Agile Imposition (Part VI): Architecture thread for gory details of many more heated arguments around the definition of rewrite vs refactor.

Update: Just noticed that tilly also agrees that Perl 5 was a rewrite of Perl 4.

In reply to Re^6: Why Perl in 2020 by eyepopslikeamosquito
in thread Why Perl in 2020 by ait

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