On: The Perl 6 project 10 years old today

[neilk]

You're probably thinking of Joel Spolsky's "It Takes Ten Years To Develop Great Software. Get Used To It".

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000017.html

However, Joel explicitly states this means you release early, and iterate.

[chromatic → neilk]

Pugs first came out in 2005, and by my count it was the third implementation of Perl 6. Rakudo's a couple of days away from its 31st release. Yes, Perl 6 should have had regular releases much earlier than 2005, but we've used iterative development for years.