Re:What Killed Perl?
by cestith on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @03:46PM
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I think more specifically it was the hesitance to move Perl 5 significantly forward in the meantime that caused the damage. That has been decidedly changed the last few years, with great strides being made. That time in between is lost, though.
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This is the key - you need to cannibalize from the "new" for the "old" if you're making a grandiose change with no set release date. Perl 5 continuing to get some "back ported" improvements from Perl 6 would have kept it alive for quite a lot longer.
You run the risk of killing the new in the cradle, though, and often that scares people.
from __future__ import coolshit