Perl 5 isn't going any where any time soon. surprisingly you can actually get working Perl 4 RPMs for SL7. besides there is too much C code linked to lib Perl 5 like Git for example
On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Natalia Ratnikova <nata...@fnal.gov> wrote: > Hi All, > With Perl 6 on the scene, is Perl 5 expected to continue to get full support > within SL? > Thanks. > Natalia. > > > On 12/28/16 3:09 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote: >> >> Well I'm hoping my multi-threaded code will actually be able to use >> multiple CPU cores on Linux. its worked on Solaris for a long time but >> for some reason its always been CPU core bound on Linux. >> Also I would like to start a local Perl 6 work group for Perl 5 >> programmers looking to port their code. there is one for active Perl 6 >> projects but they don't want any one who doesn't already have an >> active Perl 6 project to attend. I asked them very politely for a >> clarification on their policy and didn't not get a response. I didn't >> get a reply but I know other Perl 5 programmers who showed up looking >> to get porting tips, and were asked to leave because they weren't >> currently Perl 6 programmers, which is a very poor approach to take if >> you really want to rebuild the Perl community. >> >> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 8:28 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> Perl 6 just hit EPEL: rakudo-star.x86_64 0:0.0.2016.11-1.el7 >>>>> >>>>> -T >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>> Computers are like air conditioners. >>>>> They malfunction when you open windows >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> >>> On 12/27/2016 05:53 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote: >>>> >>>> Cool >>>> I guess that means I really should start writing in Perl 6 >>>> >>> I am looking forward to the improved way of passing variables to >>> subroutines. :-) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> Computers are like air conditioners. >>> They malfunction when you open windows >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~