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Re:The strict Pragma is a Cultural Marker by slashdotaccount on Sunday November 24, 2013 @01:27PM (#6790470)
Ah, that old chestnut again. The argument falls down when we see what really happened: Perl 6 had and continues to have a huge positive influence on Perl 5, the future belongs to both as there turned out to be no discontinuous move, and Perl 5 stays up-to-date.
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Re:The strict Pragma is a Cultural Marker by smacktoward on Sunday November 24, 2013 @02:07PM (#6790618)
I'm sure there are people who see it that way; I can only speak for myself and for every other Perl developer I ever worked with.
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Re:The strict Pragma is a Cultural Marker by Peaker on Sunday November 24, 2013 @01:38PM (#6790510)
Even if it is only the way things are perceived, and not the actual truth - it can still explain the decay of the community.
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Re:The strict Pragma is a Cultural Marker by draegtun on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @05:11AM (#6839487)
What decay? The Perl community still continues to grow - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6738619
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Re:The strict Pragma is a Cultural Marker by mikeash on Sunday November 24, 2013 @05:08PM (#6791366)
It doesn't really matter if it turned out not to be discontinuous. The fact that it looked like it was going to be for a long, long time is still a big problem.
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