I got myself in a bind with that expression, didn't I? It's hard to explain, too. My point is along the lines that Perl6 is about trying to give features formerly considered "esoteric" to "code grunts". I wish I could outline it any clearer.
Makeshifts last the longest.
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I'm curious. What new ground do you think Perl 6 is breaking? It's borrowing lots from other languages but I don't see anything really new.
That's just it.
Like perl5, it's borrowing all the great features from other languages, enhancing them, makeing them perlish, thus creating a cohesive and coherent, language (platform).
Also, almost every perl5 feature is being continually improved,
like the regex engine (you won't need flex/bison anymore).
Then there are awsome hyperoperators, and generators ...
complete programmer satisfaction ;)
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