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Re:On the Decline of Perl – external factors by znpy on Thursday April 01, 2021 @07:41AM (#26659191)
Eh, it sorta still is? Not really, but if you spent ten years announcing an upcoming perl6, then you rename it to Raku... There will be confusion, at least.
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Re:On the Decline of Perl – external factors by lizmat on Thursday April 01, 2021 @04:04PM (#26665350)
Perl 6 was released in December 2015. A little under 4 years later, it was renamed to Raku. Plenty of time to not be confused.
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Re:On the Decline of Perl – external factors by emodendroket on Thursday April 01, 2021 @08:56AM (#26659858)
Not just confusion. If you hype it up as the future and then drop it how excited are people really going to get for the old stuff?
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