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diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html b/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html index cd17d661..a549863e 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html +++ b/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ <a class='textlink' href='https://www.OpenBSD.org'>The OpenBSD Operating System</a><br /> <a class='textlink' href='https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23360338'>Why does OpenBSD still include Perl in its base installation?</a><br /> <br /> -<span>The renaming of Perl 6 to Raku has now opened the door for a future Perl 7. As far as I understand, Perl 7 will be Perl 5 but with modern features enabled by default (e.g. pragmas <span class='inlinecode'>use strict;</span>, <span class='inlinecode'>use warnings;</span>, <span class='inlinecode'>use signatures;</span> and so on. Also, the hope is that a Perl 7 with modern standards will attract more beginners. There aren't many Perl jobs out there nowadays. That's mostly due to Perl's bad (bad for no real reasons) reputation.</span><br /> +<span>The renaming of Perl 6 to Raku has now opened the door for a future Perl 7. As far as I understand, Perl 7 will be Perl 5 but with modern features enabled by default (e.g. pragmas <span class='inlinecode'>use strict;</span>, <span class='inlinecode'>use warnings;</span>, <span class='inlinecode'>use signatures;</span> and so on. Also, the hope is that a Perl 7 with modern standards will attract more beginners. There aren't many Perl jobs out there nowadays. That's mostly due to Perl's bad (bad for no real reasons) reputation.</span><br /> <br /> <span class='quote'>Update 2022-12-10: A reader pointed out, that <span class='inlinecode'>use v5.36;</span> already turns strict, warnings and signatures pragmas automatically on! </span><br /> <br /> |