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in reply to Re: A $dayjob Perl 6 program that runs 40x faster on the JVM than on Parrot
in thread A $dayjob Perl 6 program that runs 40x faster on the JVM than on Parrot

... I think if rakudo could be about as fast as Perl 5, more Perl 5 people would start using it, even if it's not complete yet. ...

Sounds naive. Maybe 5,8,10 years ago there might have been some potential of this happening (not very much potential), but there is zero chance (minus potential) of this happening today. Once burned, twice shy.

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