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• stable releases (Score:0)

  by slanning (5049)

  perl5 is more mature, though, and doesn't have as much to prove, so doesn't really need to release as often; while perl6 is young and cocky, looking to prove itself... or do you think perl5 seems dead and needs to dispel the rumors? :) Besides, the CPAN link you gave shows the last maintenance release of perl5 to be 5.8.9, 23 days ago. When was the last maintenance release of perl6? ;)

  (There's a point to the topic, though: "Revolution or Obscurity". Information keeps proliferating so fast, that more and mor
  • Re:stable releases (Score:1)

    by chromatic (983) on 2009.01.08 14:59 (#66771) Homepage Journal

    [Perl 5] is more mature, though, and doesn't have as much to prove, so doesn't really need to release as often....

    You don't see a perception problem in releasing a testing release (5.10) and not releasing a stable release within a year?

    Note that I'm not asking if or suggesting that Perl 5.10 is anything but stable. It's a question about perception.

    When was the last maintenance release of [Perl 6]?

    The last Rakudo release was 18 December, bundled with Parrot 0.8.2. The next Rakudo release will be 20 January, bundled with Parrot 0.9.0.

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