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Re^3: Pugs Tic Tac

by eric256 (Parson)
on Apr 25, 2005 at 20:37 UTC ( [id://451343]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


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in thread Pugs Tic Tac

Thanks for the links. Are we sure this new language is perl? I mean it looks like perl, but it sure aint the same thing. Anyone else completly terrified by the need to learn a new language? I know it is not a need, and it does look quite cool, but I just feel like i'm getting the hang of 5.8. ;)


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Re^4: Pugs Tic Tac
by revdiablo (Prior) on Apr 25, 2005 at 21:30 UTC
    Are we sure this new language is perl? I mean it looks like perl, but it sure aint the same thing.

    It's certainly not the same, but to me it still feels like Perl. A lot has changed, but the spirit seems very much intact.

    Anyone else completly terrified by the need to learn a new language? I know it is not a need, and it does look quite cool, but I just feel like i'm getting the hang of 5.8.

    Well, as you said, it's not something you're going to need to do right away. Perl 5 is not going away any time soon, so your skills will be useful for a long time to come.

    Even if Perl 5 was taken away from us the moment Perl 6 was released, much of the language is only changed in a superficial sense. In general, the old ways will still be there for the taking, they'll just be sometimes clunky and obtuse compared to the shiny new ways of solving the same problems.

    PS: if anyone wonders why I've posted so much in this thread, it's because I'm excited about Perl6, and welcome any discussion about it. Hopefully that doesn't come across as obsessed and attention crazed, but sometimes you take that risk. :-)

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