"Whether any existing language could be used, instead of inventing a new one, was also not something I decided. The diktat from upper engineering management was that the language must “look like Java”. That ruled out Perl, Python, and Tcl, along with Scheme. Later, in 1996, John Ousterhout came by to pitch Tk and lament the missed opportunity for Tcl." (Brendan Eich)

This sounds like it was taken into consideration. Fortunately he they didn't choose Scheme.

I remember also that i read somewhere years ago that the so called "upper engineering management" rejected Perl because they considered it as "too difficult".

Regards, Karl

«The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

In reply to Re: Perl koan #2300 (Perl in the browser) by karlgoethebier
in thread Perl koan #2300 (Perl in the browser) by rje

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