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It doesn't seem like P5P (or whoever else has the final word) does strategical planning.
Well it doesn't really, because perl is almost entirely a volunteer effort. The pumping could decree that signatures is our highest priority, but if a volunteer decides that doing signatures is too big and complicated and scary and beyond their ability (and it will be but for a small handful of people) and instead it would be fun to implement defined-or, should the pumpkin fire that volunteer or accept the dor patch into core?

Anyway we barely have the manpower to just fix existing bugs, without adding shiny new features.

Dave.

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Re^7: Curious about Perl's strengths in 2018
by LanX (Saint) on Apr 16, 2018 at 13:40 UTC
    Hi Dave,

    Sorry, but calling function signatures a "shiny new feature" in 2018 is a bit weird.

    I think this view proves my point of a missing overall strategy.

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
    Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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      I think this view proves my point of a missing overall strategy.
      But you've completely failed to address where, in my previous post, I pointed out that having a strategy won't help a jot. If you disagree, please clearly explain where my argument falls down.

      Dave.

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        I'm very busy for the rest of the week, so I can't elaborate much for the moment.

        My "management strategy" would be to get people involved.

        • Formulating vision/goal to achieve, like Perl 6 semantics with named variables.
        • Prioritizing features (like clarity over speed)
        • Explaining difficulties
        • Asking for contributions
        • Possibly offering a grant and steering competition

        I think many people would like to contribute if they understood the system better.

        Cheers Rolf
        (addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
        Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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