Re: Perl 5 compatibility (Re: Larry's Apocalypse 1)

[Dave Storrs]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, John Porter wrote:

> Nathan Wiger wrote:
> > the more compatible
> > with Perl5 Perl6 is, the more likely it is to be accepted.
> 
> I don't believe that's necessarily true.
> If Perl6 proves to be a significantly better Perl than Perl5,
> people will adopt it, especially if they're inclined toward
> the Perl philosophy anyway. (And at first, those are the only
> people we have to convince.)  To this end, sacrificing the
> Virgin of Perlish Power to the God of Backward Compatibility
> would be unwise in the extreme.

        You are correct, but being backwards compatible is unlikely to
_cost_ us adherents and might well gain us some.  *shrug*

                        Dave