Re^11: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5?

There is a definite set of specifics that will matter to a large number of businesses e.g.

a MySQL driver
parsers and generators for XML and JSON
a web application framework
a logging framework
a socket framework
an HTTP client
documentation

(in addition to these my business would need clients for FTP and NNTP)

I think it's not unreasonable to equate the readiness of Perl 6 with the availability of such specifics (certainly myself and many others won't be able consider Perl 6 as a viable development platform until such items are available).

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Re^12: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5? by moritz (Cardinal) on Sep 25, 2010 at 13:48 UTC
Let's see what we've got today: minidbi includes a mysql driver json parser and writer, xml parser, xml writer a web application framework logging framework - still missing, to the best of my knowledge socket support comes with Rakudo (don't know what exactly what you need a framework for... if it's event based IO, that's still missing). an HTTP client documentation Have fun exploring! Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.	[reply]

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Re^12: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5?
by moritz (Cardinal) on Sep 25, 2010 at 13:48 UTC

Let's see what we've got today:

minidbi includes a mysql driver
json parser and writer, xml parser, xml writer
a web application framework
logging framework - still missing, to the best of my knowledge
socket support comes with Rakudo (don't know what exactly what you need a framework for... if it's event based IO, that's still missing).
an HTTP client
documentation

Have fun exploring!

Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.

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