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Re:Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly by viraptor on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:57PM (#23633109)
> Can you imagine a budding musician complaining that musical notation should be made "easier for beginners"?

You mean like string instrument tab coloured by finger instead of sheet music? Yes, exactly like that.

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Re:Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly by sergeykish on Thursday June 25, 2020 @06:46AM (#23639108)
Language is a tool for programmer.

Restrict scale to pentatonic even for professionals (remove physical keys, holes etc). They would absolutely mess up otherwise.

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Re:Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly by cutler on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @05:37PM (#23634168)
But you would still have to master notation if you were to become an accomplished jazz musician, for example.
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Re:Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly by viraptor on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @06:32PM (#23634621)
Sure. The context is "dumbed down to make it easier to learn" not dumbed down and forced on everyone. If you want to go full Brian Eno, you can. (https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/2b/e0/2be067d0-c428-40...)
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