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<node id="643165" title="Re^4: My 2004 Perlish Wish" created="2007-10-06 16:37:04" updated="2007-10-06 12:37:04">
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&lt;p&gt;I'm quite happy that Perl 6 hasn't arrived yet. And I'm still optimistic that Perl 6 &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; arrive.
&lt;p&gt;I'm happy because I've been following the language design and there are things that had we rushed to implement would have been a big waste of all of that volunteer effort.  Oddly enough, keeping up with the language design is also why I'm optimistic.
&lt;p&gt;Have you ever heard "good, fast, cheap: pick two"?  Since very little money is involved (a few grants but mostly unpaid volunteer work), we've pre-picked "cheap".  That just leaves a choice between "good" and "fast".  I think everyone agrees that we want something good.
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&lt;p&gt;[duff]
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