With Python and Ruby around, less people will appreciate P6, which is similar and less sophisticated.

I'm exceedingly curious as to how Ruby and Python are more sophisticated than Perl 6. For one example, Perl 6 right now (in both the Pugs and Perl 6 on Parrot implementations) has working Unicode support, which puts it well beyond what Ruby can claim. I don't believe the Perl 6 on Parrot implementation quite has lambdas working (but it's close)... but even Perl 5 supports those better than Python does.

I could go on, but neither is an exotic feature by any means. (If I were sneaky, I'd ask "Can Python or Ruby catch automagically declared variables yet?")

In reply to Re^2: Perl 5 <-> Perl 6 compatibility: a benefit or a mess? by chromatic
in thread Perl 5 <-> Perl 6 compatibility: a benefit or a mess? by citromatik

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