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Perl6 isn't an update to Perl5. It's a completely unrelated language with a misleading name.
by pavelbr 8y ago
Perl6 isn't an update to Perl5. It's a completely unrelated language with a misleading name.
- 24gttghh 8y agoThey may not be compatible but they certainly seem at least related.
- eikenberry 8y agoYou could easily argue the same is true with Python2 and Python3.
- b2gills 8y agoWith one main difference being that we are perfectly content to let people continue to use Perl 5. (Most of us anyway) Another is that Perl 6 brings in many features from other very disparate languages while making them seem as if they always belonged together. It doesn't seem like Python 3 brings that many new features.