Perl was the very first language I learned. I was using it to parse incoming emails to insert records into a timetracking database, so i could log my time via email. loved it.<p>But ya know, 15 years is a long time. in fact i was around 16 at the time, and am 30 now, and remember talk about perl 6.<p>I&#x27;m a ruby guy now, and I don&#x27;t see how I could ever go back to perl. Is perl 7 going to take another 15? or 30?<p>Despite whatever features came about; i should not need to wait half my life to get them. That I think reflects poorly on the perl culture, or its momentum. And it&#x27;s not that perl 5 was without issues (though they were rare for me)<p>Maybe a revival will come about from this, and maybe a change of pace and approach; but as it stands the 15 years it took to release feels closer to failure than to a success, and to tie my code to such neglected foundations does not jive with me. Or maybe I just really like ruby now.<p>Honestly, I hope something good comes of it. Even if its just new features that other languages go on to adopt or take cues from.