John Nagle <na...@animats.com> writes: > Python 3 is a nice cleanup of some legacy syntax issues. But > that's just not enough. Perl 6 is a nice cleanup of Perl 5,
Eh, I wouldn't call Perl 6 a "nice cleanup". It's much better to consider it a new language with roots in Perl 5 (amongst others). Or to quote from http://dev.perl.org/perl6/: "Perl 5 and Perl 6 are two languages in the Perl family, but of different lineages." > and look how that went. Ten years on, it's not even mainstream, let > alone dominant. I don't think that's the point of Perl 6 (if one can even say such a thing, that is). Right now, (I) think of Perl 6 as a test bed for features that couldn't be put in Perl 5 in an easy manner. Or (I) think of it as a programming language lab. My best guess is that with coming Christmas there will be a Perl 6 comparable to Python 3. But huge disclaimer: I hardly follow Perl 6 development. -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
