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Re: Haskell to Perl 6

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I'd like to hear opinions on how the use of sigils and the other syntax oddities like Int:D, Int:U, given, when, etc improves the codabliity/readability of Perl 6 vs other languages. The examples vs Haskell are not helping me understand. Personally I don't think the added verbosity is helping in any way.

Re: Haskell to Perl 6

#7
Perl 6 feels a bit "ad hoc" to me... It looks like it has very interesting features but it lacks the uniformity present in most languages...

Re: Haskell to Perl 6

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post #7

Perl 6 feels a bit "ad hoc" to me... It looks like it has very interesting features but it lacks the uniformity present in most languages...

Perl has never been about uniformity.

Perl is a great experiment in language design, or, rather, a battery of experiments. It's the opposite of a cleanly designed language.

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