>> You are apparently not taking seriously anything that is being said
>> that is critical of you. Your story above also argues for that. In
>> fact, it says that Freshmeat is willing to publish any random
>> half-thought-through opinion, which means that it's about as =
worthless
>> as a blog.
>
> Ok, send me a rebuttal article, or ask someone you trust to do it.
You'll find that the lack of comments on this matter is indicative of
a=20=
general feeling that a rebuttal is neither needed nor interesting. So
I=20=
doubt you'll find anyone to write an article dissecting Fish's. ("No=20
one understands p6", "p6 is not backwards-compatible", "p6 is too=20
complex" are his central arguments. Fun.)
Many of us =97 also not Perl gurus, CS wizards, or academians =97 do =
read=20
and understand and enjoy the apocalypses. (Or, at least the exegeses.)=20=
And we look forward to p6 enhancing the rich world that is Perl, with=20
all its shortcuts, nooks, crannies, and ever-evolving techniques and=20
best practices. A more common sentiment is that we hope articles like=20
Shlomi's do not discourage the progress of development, lest we miss=20
out on the op****tunity to embrace and explore this fantastic, and=20
therefore necessarily ambitious, language/internals refresh.
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