Where is Perl 4? Quite gone.

The transition from Perl 4 to 5 was quite different, because it was evolutionary. Sure, it was a big evolution, but it wasn't in the same category. Perl 6 is different. It can probably be described more accurately as revolutionary, though I try to avoid that term (it is just a tad loaded).

I've talked to people who feel this is bound to happen sometime with Perl 5.

Everything is bound to go away, at some point. Things don't last forever, and to wish they would is to hope for stagnation. That said, I think Perl 5 will be around for a long time. I won't venture to say 20 years, but I am confident in at very least a 5 year time frame, if not much longer.

In reply to Re^4: Perl 6 critique is a good thing by revdiablo
in thread Perl 6 critique is a good thing by Juerd

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