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some people are jumping ship and going to lesser languages like Python.

Yes, I am one of those people it would seem. I dont want to start a flame war here, but, Perl 5's OO is simply no fun. Without real (logical) OO, it is difficult to sale Perl for extensive projects around my office. I have been Pythoning for the last couple of months and am growing fond of the language. Again, I do not want to start a flame war or be modded down for descenting, its just how things work in the real world. People around here are happy enough to use Perl 5 to 'script', but no one takes it seriously as a programming language capable of writing full scale programs that are extensible and maintainable. I do not fully share their view, but admit that it has its merits.

"Never take yourself too seriously, because everyone knows that fat birds dont fly" -FLC

In reply to Re^3: What will the Perl 6 interpreter be written in? by scmason
in thread What will the Perl 6 interpreter be written in? by ghenry

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