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Re:Infinite work is less work by athenot on Thursday July 11, 2019 @09:24AM (#20411308)
The article is about Perl6, not Perl5. The history may be old but the language is a complete rewrite from scratch.
Re:Infinite work is less work by twic on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:16PM (#20413381)
This is a good point. Whilst it might be just about defensible to describe Perl 5 as a wacky ass language that people still use, Perl 6 is different - it's a wacky ass language that nobody uses yet.