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After 15 years of development, perl 6 will be officially launched as production ready software in 2015.
https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/get_ready_to_party/
Who knows, 2015 may also be the year of the linux desktop, unless HURD is also ready for prime time.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Saturday November 08 2014, @01:29PM
Everyone has their druthers. This sort of discussion has played out so many times over the years that its features are utterly predictable (including the inevitable +5 Funny comment from somebody about assembly-now-get-off-my-lawn-you-kids!). But for me, this is great news because I love perl. It makes me smile. Its arcane syntax reaches me on a visceral level the way I'm sure alchemy did its practitioners. Its resilience and power in the face of time and trends delight me. I have used so many other languages in the past but it is the only one I have an emotional connection to, and I can't exactly explain why, because it certainly wasn't my first or second or even third. But this puts spring in my step for 2015.
Washington DC delenda est.