> Re "long term maintenance mode", there's the not so small matter of how many people can, in fact, actually develop perl. The codebase is large and full of many traps. It's a difficult, but not impossible, codebase to contribute to.
Yeah, and that was one of the main reasons cited when they announced Perl 6, back in 2000. 24 years have passed and it's still an issue.
Yeah, and that was one of the main reasons cited when they announced Perl 6, back in 2000. 24 years have passed and it's still an issue.