On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Trey Harris wrote: > Why not allow C<else if> while still allowing C<elsif> as a synonym, > preserving backwards compatibility while still allowing all these weird > and varied constructs people seem to have use for?
Backwards compatability is pretty much a lost cause for Perl 6. You could argue that it's good to keep the people who are used to it happy, but in this case I don't think that's necessary. p52p6 should do all the backwards compatability work. Luke