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xeeeeeeeeeeenu on July 8, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Myths about Perl 6

Perl 5 and Perl 6 are completely separate languages, they aren't "versions" of the same language.

doodpants on July 8, 2019 [–]

A rather non-obvious fact, because the language names clearly and misleadingly suggest otherwise.

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