A Perl 6 status update

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None of that however warrants the kind of reaction it has been getting.  
I don't know who's been claiming that Perl6 is the next coming of the 
Messiah but all I'm saying is the arguments against it are more typically 
FUD than anything substantive, and I haven't yet seen a response to that 
which shows otherwise.
"""

That categorization of people's reactions as FUD is a bit unfair, and sounds awfully
defensive.  The "reaction" that I have seen have been mostly observations that it has been 8
years since the announcement and there are still no real deliverables.  People are pointing
out pugs, and I suppose that's fair.  But still, it does not appear that Perl 6 is anywhere
near release status.  That's not FUD.  It's pointing out reality.  The fact that it might be
construed to reflect badly upon Perl as a language does not make it FUD.  If there is real and
justifiable "Uncertainty" and "Doubt" regarding a project, based upon fact, making some people
"Fearful" of committing their own long-term projects to it... is that really FUD?  I call it
good sense.