Re^2: Perl 5 <-> Perl 6 compatibility: a benefit or a mess?

Well, Pugs has some issues with running Perl 5 modules atm., but that functionality is specced, so ever "official" implementation has to implement that as well.

And we do need that feature in order to get Perl 6 adapted quickly.

I don't think that there will be too many not-ported perl 5 modules used in Perl 6 for a long time, because porting Modules from 5 to 6 is a good way to learn Perl 6.

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Re^3: Perl 5 <-> Perl 6 compatibility: a benefit or a mess? by blazar (Canon) on Jun 19, 2007 at 09:00 UTC
Well, Pugs has some issues with running Perl 5 modules atm., but that functionality is specced, so ever "official" implementation has to implement that as well. I don't know, but last I heard... wasn't `$Larry` working on a 5-to-5 translator which should be the basis for a 5-to-6 one? IIRC he stated that the goal was to have it working 90% of the times, doing it right also 90% of the times, or something like that. Re CPAN, I quoted it before but I'm doing it again here: "CPAN is my programming language of choice; the rest is just syntax." (Audrey Tang)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Perl 5 <-> Perl 6 compatibility: a benefit or a mess? by gaal (Parson) on Jun 19, 2007 at 12:18 UTC
She was quoting someone, actually. I forget who!	[reply]