At 05:59 PM 10/10/00 -0500, David Grove wrote:
>On Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:27 PM, Simon Cozens [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>wrote:
> > Consider:
> > "Public Opinion": Hey, we need Perl 6 stable in three weeks.
> > Coders: But, uhm, we haven't started coding yet.
>
>Consider:
> Microsoft: We need Perl by April 15th
> Head Cheese: Ok, sure
> P5P: HuH???
> "Public Opinion": HuH???
> [Result: Perl 5.6 chaos]
No, M$ didn't have much to do with it. You can yell at Larry and Camel
deadlines if you like, but that's wrong too.
5.6 was released because it was mostly done, more stable than 5.005 for the
bits it had in common, and because of general apathy in the developer realm
for the bits that were unfinished. Like, for example, Unicode.
>No, offense, Dan. This isn't targeting you. I think you're starting to
>realize this now. At first, I think you thought I was.
No, I never thought you were. Or, more specifically, I never really gave it
much thought and didn't care if you were or not. You mistook courtesy, lack
of time, and a desire to not appear domineering for offense.
Dan
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