I feel like this should go in confessions...

I know there are people here that dive in to Larry's Apocalypses with eager glee. I confess, I did that for the first one, but then it was just a little to overwhelming.

I am really glad Larry shepards perl, he does an amazing job. Likewise I am impressed and amazed that Damian cranks out his Exegesis afterwards even though I can't bring myself to read them anymore.

OK, I'll fess up. I am not a language designer or even a linguist! I am a guy who likes perl, admittedly likes it alot, and writes some code. When I have a job to do, perl is usually my tool of choice.

I am curious to know what is new and better (or just different but impacts me) but I can't spend hours everyday diving in to it.

In any case I saw this article: Perl 6 : Not Just For Damians and it was just my speed and actually got me excited again about change and I thought those of you that hadn't seen it might enjoy it.

By the way I feel a little ashamed to admit this and like this is blasphemy here at the perl shrine. Hopefully, I am not totally alone.

-monkfish (The Fishy Monk)

In reply to Perl 6 Not Just For Damians by monkfish

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