Re^3: What's wrong with Perl 6?

[zentara]

I confess I don't quite understand this. Than first advertised by whom?

Somehow this reminds me of TV advertising. :-) What I remember (subjectively and from a perspective of a wannabe on the sidelines) was that Perl6 was going to be this great revolution in interpreted languages, where everything was going to be built on the Parrot ( a universal assembly language), and this would allow for Python, Perl5, Ruby (and whoever else wanted in) code to be seamlessly inlined into Perl6 code.

Now if my impressions were wrong, you can point that out, but I think many others were given the same impression. Maybe it was just part of the Parrot hype.... and Perl6 shouldn't be blamed for it....but it all has become confusing to me.

Can you estimate how long it will be before Perl6 can be compiled from C, like Perl5?

[chromatic]

Can you estimate how long it will be before Perl6 can be compiled from C, like Perl5?

First someone would have to start working on an implementation of Perl 6 in C. To my knowledge, no one has. I certainly wouldn't. Yuck.

[demerphq]

I cant figure out why you think such an attitude is in Perl 6's best interests.

If it isnt written in C (or perhaps C++) its going to find itself at a disadvantage competing in the marketplace with languages that are.

IMO if Perl 6 doesnt end up with a C implementation it will end up as one of many interesting but ultimately trivial footnotes in the history of computing.

And that not that an outcome that I would like to see.

[chromatic]

If it isnt written in C (or perhaps C++) its going to find itself at a disadvantage competing in the marketplace with languages that are.

C# and Java seem to be doing just fine, and Ruby's taking off despite being written in C and very slow. I don't understand your reasoning.