I didn't know what to make of your YAPC::EU keynote. I kept wondering whether I was listening to the 2011 Damian, or a time warped Damian from 2004.

I'm with Jesse when it comes to view of Perl 6. It's a nice research project. Now let's do something useful with/to Perl 5.

As for the name. I actually think the name "Perl 6" hurts "Perl 5". While for the incrowd it's clear what the differences between perl6 and perl5 are; how they relate to each other; and what Larry's feelings are, the rest of the world doesn't have that knowledge. They see numbers and think Perls numbering scheme is sane, and acts like the rest of the world. And hence, they're not considering perl5 something to invest in -- they'll wait for perl6. But I also realize that any discussion here about it is fruitless. Unless you can convince Larry, it's not going to change (Rule 1). And in Asheville, he made it quite clear he hasn't changed his mind yet (Rule 2 isn't being invoked at the moment).

In reply to Re^3: Back to the __future__ by JavaFan
in thread Back to the __future__ by cdarke

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