in reply to Re^2: My 2004 Perlish Wish
in thread My 2004 Perlish Wish

But at least they would have to be backwards compatible, so one wouldn't have to change the way one has been programming in for decades.

Abigail

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Re^4: My 2004 Perlish Wish
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jan 02, 2004 at 13:08 UTC
    How? Fixing OO is just one example that would require breaking old habits anyway, whether it happens under the guise of Perl5 or is deferred to a wholly new design.

    Makeshifts last the longest.

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      I don't understand what you are saying.

      Perl5 will be backwards compatible, so even if OO or whatever is "fixed", why does that require breaking old habits? (And what's wrong with old habits anyway?)

      Abigail

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          Perl5 will be backwards compatible ...

        Did you mean to say that Perl6 will be backward compatible?

        Alex / talexb / Toronto

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