Larry Wall talks about Perl 6 chasing Paul Graham&#x27;s idea of a  100 year language (though he&#x27;d be happy with 30 or 40). [1] So I think it might be fair to say he takes a longer term view of programming languages and learning them than some other people...if 15 years of incubation wasn&#x27;t enough evidence in itself.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linuxvoice.com&#x2F;interview-larry-wall&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linuxvoice.com&#x2F;interview-larry-wall&#x2F;</a>