Re: each @array

On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 10:03:04PM +0200, demerphq wrote:
> On 9/10/07, Artur Bergman <skycrucially.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Sep 10, 2007, at 12:50 PM, demerphq wrote:

> > It was, we left the innovation to Perl 6.
> 
> Well, this doesn't seem to have been a good strategy.*

It was a damn good idea at the time.

Without it Perl 5 would have descended into massive flame
wars about batshit
innovation versus backwards compatibility, without anything
actually getting
done.

As it was, it freed up the competent people to get 5.6 out.
And then 5.8 out.

Nicholas Clark

On 9/10/07, Nicholas Clark <nickccl4.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 10:03:04PM +0200, demerphq
wrote:
> > On 9/10/07, Artur Bergman <skycrucially.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sep 10, 2007, at 12:50 PM, demerphq
wrote:
>
> > > It was, we left the innovation to Perl 6.
> >
> > Well, this doesn't seem to have been a good
strategy.*
>
> It was a damn good idea at the time.
>
> Without it Perl 5 would have descended into massive
flame wars about batshit
> innovation versus backwards compatibility, without
anything actually getting
> done.
>
> As it was, it freed up the competent people to get 5.6
out. And then 5.8 out.

Ok, fine. Then let me rephrase: it seems this strategy is no
longer in
the best interests of the community.

Yves

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