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    I've already got a handle on Ruby and



      I can program in Ruby and Python. Reasonably competently. Ditto for PHP, but I have to check the manual for the names of functions and methods for that one.

      Somehow, I skipped C++ and I haven't gotten around to C# yet (soon... soon...).

      So from my point of view, Perl 6 is going to be a fun new toy to play with. With any luck I'll have employment before it comes out and that employment will probably end up with Perl in it somewhere. And I'll be looking forward to converting the programs/modules to 6.

      I may sound like a geek, but I do love Perl (and my gf, who understands my obsession with Perl). I can see that there are problems with Perl 5 - you say you're using Ruby, which means you should be experiencing the joy of your ints and strings being objects. Perl 6 will be Ruby++, Python++, Perl5++, etc.

      With each Apocalypse and Exegesis I'm going "ooh! that sounds fun!", or "ooooh! clever!", or "ooh! I can see where you nicked that from". I'm looking forward to Perl6, even though it is still quite a while away.

      I'll be picking Perl 6 up. I'll be interested in gnat's journals on P6 books and talks.

      C to C++ is an interesting beast. C++ introduces objects. But, from what I recall, C++ is a syntactic superset of C - it's a nice way to write C but a valid C program is valid C++. How many Perl 4 features don't work in Perl 5? (not quite rhetorical, I don't actually know; retroperl is on the 'to investigate list')

      Perl 6 is going to be more different, but I don't think there are any immediate concepts you have to get your head around beyond the variable notation. Most of the rest can be gradually introduced. We'll be talking baby talk for a while, but eventually we'll be conversing like natives.

        ---ict / Spoon



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