Re^7: How much is Perl 6 the community rewrite of Perl?

I thought you didn't "have to bugfix" Perl 5.

I don't have to bugfix Perl 5, because the bugs I step on are no showstopper bugs like missing features.

(and if you don't, why would you lurk on a mailing list for several years and post untruths about it in public discussions?).

I didn't post untruths. I posted my perspective and I said so numerous times. I said that to encourage others not to take my word as the perfect truths, but to look into it for themselves and get their own perspective. I posted my perspective so that others get an idea what perspective at least one Perlmonk has.

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Re^8: How much is Perl 6 the community rewrite of Perl? by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jan 03, 2009 at 09:51 UTC
I didn't post untruths. You posted: Perl 6 didn't evolve, they threw away most of Perl 5, maybe except the sigil syntax, also things were promised that never were realized or could actually be realized, which formed a community of dreamers, following the dream of the ultimate programming language. The second half of that sentence may be debatable, but I don't see how the first half could be opinion. Either Perl 6 evolved, or it didn't. (I was there. I've taken 400,000 words of notes from design meetings.) It evolved. Either it throws away most of Perl 5 or it doesn't. (It hasn't.) Either the sigil syntax hasn't changed or it has. (It has.)	[reply]

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Re^8: How much is Perl 6 the community rewrite of Perl?
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jan 03, 2009 at 09:51 UTC

I didn't post untruths.

You posted:

Perl 6 didn't evolve, they threw away most of Perl 5, maybe except the sigil syntax, also things were promised that never were realized or could actually be realized, which formed a community of dreamers, following the dream of the ultimate programming language.

The second half of that sentence may be debatable, but I don't see how the first half could be opinion. Either Perl 6 evolved, or it didn't. (I was there. I've taken 400,000 words of notes from design meetings.) It evolved. Either it throws away most of Perl 5 or it doesn't. (It hasn't.) Either the sigil syntax hasn't changed or it has. (It has.)

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