{"id":8072,"date":"2004-10-17T21:39:29","date_gmt":"2004-10-17T19:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/17\/critique-of-where-perl-6-is-heading\/"},"modified":"2005-04-17T07:36:53","modified_gmt":"2005-04-17T04:36:53","slug":"critique-of-where-perl-6-is-heading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/17\/critique-of-where-perl-6-is-heading\/","title":{"rendered":"Critique of Where Perl 6 is Heading"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/20040923-perl_logo.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/>There is <a href=\"http:\/\/freshmeat.net\/articles\/view\/1339\/\">an article<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/freshmeat.net\">FreshMeat.net<\/a> that talks about Perl 6 and the way the development is going.  The author is mostly against this way.  The article is followed by a number of comments both in favour and against of the points stated.  There is also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perlmonks.org\/index.pl\/?node_id=399745\">another discussion<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perlmonks.org\">PerlMonks<\/a> if you are interested.<\/p>\n<p>I do have my doubts about Perl 6 too, but I havent&#8217; yet looked into it seriously.  Perl 5 is way more than enough for me and I don&#8217;t see myself changing to anything any time soon.  I&#8217;ll let you know if I&#8217;ll change my mind of course.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>There is an article at FreshMeat.net that talks about Perl 6 and the way the development is going. The author is mostly against this way. The article is followed by a number of comments both in favour and against of the points stated. There is also another discussion at PerlMonks if you are interested. 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