Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 17:17:32 +0600 From: Tim Pierce <twpierce@bio-3.bsd.uchicago.edu> To: terry@lambert.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Who needs Perl? We do! Message-ID: <9611202317.AA08856@bio-5.bsd.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <199611201826.LAA11457@phaeton.artisoft.com> (message from Terry Lambert on Wed, 20 Nov 1996 11:26:32 -0700 (MST))
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> From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 11:26:32 -0700 (MST) > > Has PERL syntax reached the top end of the inverse expotential curve > yet? If the last major rev is any indicator, the answer is "no". 8-(. > > When it starts to stagnate, then it will be safe. 8-). Again, the last major release of Perl was over two years ago, and since then the syntax has changed minimally (if at all, which I doubt). In fact, the reason given then for the watershed changes in Perl 5.000 was to attempt to "freeze" the basic Perl code base, and encourage extending the language through modules rather than kludging the interpreter. Perl has stagnated more in the last two years than FreeBSD has.
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