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Re:What Killed Perl? by actionfromafar on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @06:26PM (#45986739)
And killing Perl 5 in the process. If Perl would have kept going in its own pace and Perl 6 would have been named Rapture or Raku from day one, Perl would have been fine.

Nowadays when everyone and their dog (vcpkg) have a package system, it’s easy to overlook how magical CPAN was. A solution to the weirdest problem, just a package away.

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Re:What Killed Perl? by bombcar on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @06:36PM (#45986824)
CPAN and similar things like CTAN were simply phenomenal in a way that really is hard to explain today; since everything has it now.

It was a magical time.

If they hadn't done Perl 6 the way they did, it'd still be around. Perl 5 was fine but the impending doom gradually let it be overcome.

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