in reply to Re^6: A "Perl-7" that I could actually USE right now
in thread A "Perl-7" that I could actually USE right now
I am not meaning to promise anything, to say P6 is almost ready for you, that it will live up to its hype. I think you are misinterpreting my words.
Let's look at some of what I'm actually saying. For the last few months, when I've written here about P6, I've typically included a prominent box that says:
»»» This post is about the immature Perl 6, not the rock solid Perl 5 ««« |
This in turn links to a post I wrote this summer that says:
Perl 6 is not remotely as usable and useful as Perl 5; it has dozens of users, not millions; it is 100-1000x slower than Perl 5 for a lot of stuff; the P6 documentation is immature and incomplete; the spec has not reached 6.0.0; the Rakudo compiler has not fully implemented what's already in the spec; most of the concurrency and parallel implementation has only just begun; P6 can not currently use CPAN modules; Perl 6 has syntax and semantics that are not backwards compatible with Perl 5; Perl 6 culture is -Ofun which some think is incompatible with getting things done; some folk think that Perl 6 code looks like line noise... In summary, there are infinitely many things wrong with P6.
Is that not clear enough for you?
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Re^8: A "Perl-7" that I could actually USE right now
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 18, 2013 at 22:13 UTC | |
by raiph (Deacon) on Dec 19, 2013 at 00:16 UTC | |
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 19, 2013 at 16:45 UTC | |
by raiph (Deacon) on Dec 19, 2013 at 22:13 UTC | |
by roboticus (Chancellor) on Dec 20, 2013 at 13:53 UTC | |
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