What Is Perl 6
July 18th, 2007
No comments
Perl 6 will likely also use its test suite as its primary specification, but as Larry Wall puts it, “We’re just trying to
start with the right tests this time.”
Even if the Perl 5 codebase did follow a specification, its design is inelegant in many places. It’s also very difficult to
expand. Many good ideas that [...]