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  • I used to get a bit unhappy by what at the time I thought were delays in the appearance of Perl 6.

    When I recall the sacrifice made by those who love the language (eg Audrey, Larry, Dan, Nick .. these are people whose stories have become well known. There are many others), it is not such a big deal.

    My confidence is in those who have given so much to this project (and to Perl 5).

    I would only suggest that people wishing to evangelise Perl realise that it really depends on others but they in turn depend o

  • I do not think that attempting to deny the past by changing the name of the successor to Perl 5 is anything other than a ludicrous and insensitive suggestion.

    This suggestion seems to me have been confounded with the Andy Lester plea for a response to the question of what has happened to Perl 6.

    I don't see that renaming the Perl 6 project in any way helps with that problem.

    I don't see any problems with telling the truth or so I understand it that Perl 6 has been delayed by false starts and conflicts be

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