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Re:Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL ... by BjoernKW on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @04:05AM (#16808990)
Well, they didn't really get away with it.

Perl isn't as widely used as it used to be. Besides, in spite of the name Perl6 isn't compatible with Perl5 but rather a completely new language.

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Re:Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL ... by labster on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @04:35AM (#16809147)
Perl 6 is a completely new language, but that doesn't mean it's incompatible. Inline::Perl5 provides a rather extensive compatibility layer with Perl 5: https://github.com/niner/Inline-Perl5
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Re:Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL ... by peteretep on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @05:17AM (#16809334)
By this logic, Perl is also compatible with the many other languages for which there are Inline:: modules.
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Re:Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL ... by raiph on Monday April 16, 2018 @10:03PM (#16854816)
The Perl 6 Inline::Perl5 automatically maps Perl 5's syntax, object system semantics, exceptions, etc. to Perl 6's so that Perl 6 users don't in principle have to know about Perl 5, just the logical API of any used module/library/function.

I don't think the Perl 5 inlines do this.

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