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Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by lilSebastian on Friday October 11, 2019 @03:27PM (#21227594)
> FWIW: I'm unclear why people continue to use Perl at all

Great language, large library on cpan, great eco system, people enjoy using it, they have a large code base that's run fine for decades. Choose 1 or more.

> I moved on in 2011

You're right, it's all about you and what you do...

Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by dang on Friday October 11, 2019 @08:12PM (#21229533)
Hi, would you mind reviewing the site guidelines? I'm afraid your comments have already been breaking them quite a bit, and we ban accounts that do that.

The idea here is to post thoughtful and substantive comments, not aggressive ones, and to avoid the flamewar style, which degrades discussion quality and provokes worse from others.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by lilSebastian on Saturday October 12, 2019 @02:55AM (#21231142)
Looking at the guidelines, many of the posts I replied to are breaking these rules, yet haven't been flagged.
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Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by Grinnz on Friday October 11, 2019 @04:45PM (#21228302)
It only sinks when people stop contributing to it. Which is a trend, but so far not a fatal one.