Re^6: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5?

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Re^7: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by phaylon (Curate) on Sep 23, 2010 at 15:59 UTC
That's the part of the message you picked out? Don't you feel concentrating on the floating point value part of people's question is a good explanation why some are frustrated? Ordinary morality is for ordinary people. -- Aleister Crowley	[reply]
Re^8: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by chromatic (Archbishop) on Sep 23, 2010 at 16:45 UTC
How many times can I explain the intentions of the developers? We release a new version of our software every month. It gets better every month. When it passes the complete specification test suite, we'll say so. We can't tell you if it meets your needs because we don't know the specifics of your needs. Quibbling over whether it's "done" or "stable" or "alpha" or "complete" or "vaporware" or "useful" is silly. Specific questions get specific answers (but specific questions about "What does your version number mean?" get the specific answer "The larger the number, the more recent the release.")	[reply]
Re^9: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by Arunbear (Prior) on Sep 24, 2010 at 10:49 UTC
We can't tell you if it meets your needs because we don't know the specifics of your needs. I suspect that for a lot of people the needs will be the same ones that make them use Perl 5, e.g. speed, reliability, good documentation, libraries etc ...	[reply]
Re^10: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by chromatic (Archbishop) on Sep 24, 2010 at 16:12 UTC
Re^11: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by Arunbear (Prior) on Sep 25, 2010 at 11:39 UTC
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Re^9: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 23, 2010 at 17:28 UTC
When it passes the complete specification test suite, we'll say so. I'd be happy to hear that the specification test suite was complete. Or even, completable. Because that would mean the specification was complete. Maybe by Christmas ...	[reply]
Re^10: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by TimToady (Parson) on Sep 23, 2010 at 18:04 UTC
Re^11: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by phaylon (Curate) on Sep 24, 2010 at 03:15 UTC
Re^11: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 23, 2010 at 18:19 UTC
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Re^9: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by phaylon (Curate) on Sep 24, 2010 at 03:11 UTC
Yes, but how stable is the specification? How far along Rakudo is isn't that important (at least to me) as the language itself is. It's the language that provides the real long-term stability, not the implementation. For outsiders, it's not obvious how far along the specification is. I assume many parts are fleshed out and really well thought through, while others haven't been touched yet because the implementations aren't there yet and people still need to play around with it. But I can't know what sections are where. So even if I evaluate Rakudo for my use-case today, it doesn't say anything about what will be tomorrow. And it's the tomorrow people are interested in. And I'm not quibbling over any of those terms. Also, again, I'm not interested in the version numbers. By the way, you're coming across as quite aggressive. I don't know if that's intentional or not. But just to be clear: I don't (yet) care about Perl 6. At least not from a usage point-of-view. I'd be happy if I had more time for version 5 in fact. So I'm not trying to pressure you into an answer. I just feel that the discussion about version numbers has taken over the discussions about the actual questions that people have. Ordinary morality is for ordinary people. -- Aleister Crowley	[reply]
Re^10: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by chromatic (Archbishop) on Sep 24, 2010 at 03:50 UTC
Re^11: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by phaylon (Curate) on Sep 24, 2010 at 12:42 UTC
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