Is Perl 6 dead?

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Re: Is Perl 6 dead? by diotalevi (Canon) on Nov 16, 2002 at 20:46 UTC
I assume your aren't subscribed to the perl6 or parrot deveopment lists. There's a heck of a lot of work going on and while I can't say anything about /when/ it'll be done there's no question on whether perl6 is active. Heck - you can even download a copy of parrot and start playing with it and perl6 though it's under active development and the actual implementation at any particular point will be in flux. `__SIG__ use B; printf "You are here %08x\n", unpack "L!", unpack "P4", pack "L!", B::svref_2object(sub{})->OUTSIDE;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Is Perl 6 dead? by chromatic (Archbishop) on Nov 16, 2002 at 23:48 UTC
At the time it wasn't.	[reply]
Re: Is Perl 6 dead? by Elian (Parson) on Nov 17, 2002 at 03:20 UTC
Perl 6 isn't dead--it's not even resting. (Nor has it shuffled off to join the choir invisible) The language design is proceeding at the normal pace for a specification of its size, and the implementation is moving along nicely. Grab what we have and give it a shot. You may be rather surprised to see how far along things are.	[reply]
Re: Is Perl 6 dead? by jryan (Vicar) on Nov 16, 2002 at 22:45 UTC
Why don't you contribute to help speed up the development?	[reply]
Re^2: Is Perl 6 dead? by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Nov 16, 2002 at 23:13 UTC
Reminds me of garym's Barnraising your IT article on Advogato.. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]


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