* Daniel Carrera (daniel.carr...@theingots.org) [090529 14:39]:
> Much, actually. As the ZCAN document explains, the set of mirrors are
> donated to Perl by various donors who agreed to hold *Perl* modules.
> These computers do not belong to us. If the donors agreed to hold Perl
> modules, it would be an abuse to use it to upload Ruby and Python
> modules as well.
Actually, there are various kinds of ftp-servers. Some are huge: they
really don't care. Other are small: companies who use Perl and have
made some diskspace available. They like to have a copy, and use it
also for there own local installations.
With Perl6 and other derivates, with the new version needs, the size of
the archive will grow with factors. The current CPAN is tiny (fits on
your photo-camera) "The big guys" really don't care about diskspace.
The smaller may say: I am not using Perl6, so I don't want this 50GB on
my ftp server. I would like to host Perl5, not Perl6/Parrot.
Should we care to lose some ftp-mirrors? Ah, no, not really. Technology
improvements made this a non-issue. One nicely connected ftp-server
per continent may very well be sufficient now-adays.
>> So, where do you stop?
>
> You stop at the point where you start breaching your verbal agreement
> with the owners of the computers you are using.
I don't know: did they agree on Perl or Perl5? That's unclear. And
will resolve itself some way or the other when either solution gets
implemented.
>> Perl6 and Perl5 have some things in common, just like PHP and Perl5.
>
> Perl 6 is the next version of Perl 5 and Perl 6 comes with a Perl 5
> compatibility mode and Perl 6 is intended to be able to use Perl 5
> modules. That makes Perl 5 different from PHP.
The parrot-based PHP implementation will be able to link Perl6 and
PHP code, if I understand correctly. And the same for Python. And
Lua. and so on. I don't know. I am less convinced about a strong
bond than you.
Ok, enough stirring-up for today. Let's eat diner.
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