O'Reilly: Worried About Perl 6 | Linux Today

O’Reilly: Worried About Perl 6

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 28, 2004

“I’m a big fan of perl–I’ve written lots of code in perl and I
plan to write a bunch more this fall. But now that I am browsing
the OSCON convention program, I am starting to worry about perl 6.
For instance, the description of Allison Randal’s ‘The Perl 6
Compiler Today’ presentation states:

“While it’s true that it’ll still be a few years before we see a
complete beta of Perl 6, there’s a good bit of code working now, if
you’re not afraid to dance on the bleeding edge…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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