pagaltzis passdelwxgmxde chromatic 20071013 0005 friday 12 october 2007 133650 pagaltzis wrote hate bring im particularly fond dumping perl 6 compare effort going python 3000 track record took internal refactoring juggling ok break backcompat approach vs complete retink approach perl 6 clearly problem perl 6 daddy googlebucks funding 20 50 development time sorry single partiallyfunded developer working year capable delivering volunteer work gone pugs multiple backends several years thats bogus think rather clearly problem resources quality fixed place time free variable scope knob one turn obviously dialed lot py3k project keep time variable exploding seems mistake say someone starts premise backcompat need preserved wrong thing dont immediately turn scope dial 11 way perl 6 fine kurila break backcompat keep scope limited thats say reducing scope beall endall solution volunteer projects problem reducing scope project reduced scope upside time reined seems worth exploring perl 5 taken way see whether projects larger sphere perl perl 5 pugs backends parrot etc may end taking bits effort regards aristotle pagaltzis wed 06 aug 2008 101223 0200 kurila 13 released