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Re:Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly by Grinnz on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:46PM (#23632970)
It's not my understanding that the "Perl 7" idea suddenly gives license to be backwards incompatible. Instead, features that have been made available and gated in previous releases can be made default in a new major version.
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Re:Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly by zem on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:44PM (#23633647)
yes, that's how they are starting off perl7, but the mere fact that it is given a different major version number gives them the social license to break stuff.
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