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Perl (and Canonical)

Posted Jan 5, 2006 2:20 UTC (Thu) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054)
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's Obviously Incorrect 2006 Predictions

Is there any real basis for the prediction of Perl 6 features being
backported to Perl 5? I haven't really paid attention to Perl 6 since
the first few Apocalypses, so I'm a bit out out touch there, but this
possibility intrigues me.

Meanwhile, wonderful as Ubuntu is, I still haven't figured out
Canonical's plan for making money. Will they just drain Mark
Shuttleworth's bank account sending out CDs? Will they become the next
Mandrake?

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Perl (and Canonical)

Posted Jan 5, 2006 6:06 UTC (Thu) by cventers (subscriber, #31465) [Link]

Yeah, it's already a work in progress. One example is P6 smartmatching
(given/when). The features will be activated via a new pragma 'use
features'.