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Publicly airing the arguments I see/hear all the time in various forums. I'm interested in what the perl 6 team has to say about it. I hear lots of "Perl 6 sucks", but rarely do I hear the people working on Perl 6 respond. I've been kicking around an idea about doing a "virtual mass interview" and this topic seems relevant given the imminent release of Perl 6 (yes, I believe it is imminent).

Good intent, but FWIW I hear all the time lots of "Perl sucks" comments altogether. I don't mind. They're mostly crackpots and trolls. They do suck. Well, their "arguments" do. Now, perhaps an important point is that "professional" freaks apart, there's one such rascal in any of us. At least some of these people may be nice persons and all, in other respects. You'll notice that there's not a common plot; they range from one extreme to the other: there are those guys who fear Perl is not open source enough, and then there's the one who fears its lack of corporate support. (Incidentally I had begun writing this post yesterday, I'm only finishing it now, and in the meantime he popped up with another gem.)

Now, the question is: does the Perl 6 subject matter really tend to feed the troll residing in otherwise respectable and even enthusiast perl coders of any level up to the point of making it emerge? (Well, I know of at least one world famous Perl hacker who last I heard of still was a strong opponent of Perl 6, but I would consider that a case apart and a story of its own.) Your point seems to suggest it does. This thread is an attempt at verifying whether this is actually the case...


In reply to Re^3: What's wrong with Perl 6? by blazar
in thread What's wrong with Perl 6? by duff

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