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Title    Larry Wall Unveils Perl 6.0.0
Date    Wednesday October 07 2015, @10:53PM
Author    martyb
Topic   
from the throw-not-before-swine dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/10/07/0131226

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Last night Larry Wall unveiled the first development release of Perl 6, joking that now a top priority was fixing bugs that could be mistaken for features. The new language features meta-programming -- the ability to define new bits of syntax on your own to extend the language, and even new infix operators. Larry also previewed what one reviewer called "exotic and new" features, including the sequence operator and new control structures like "react" and "gather and take" lists. "We don't want their language to run out of steam," Larry told the audience. "It might be a 30- or 40-year language. I think it's good enough."

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  1. "the first development release of Perl 6" - http://perl6.org/
  2. "features meta-programming" - http://www.pigdog.org/auto/software_jihad/link/3138.html
  3. "told the audience." - http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2015/10/06/the-night-larry-wall-unveiled-perl-6/
  4. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=9916

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