[Catalyst] RFC: The paradox of choice in web development

[Kirby Krueger]

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> Maybe perl6 will provide that "common denominator" without sacrificing
> the low-level goodies.

I've followed the perl6 development some, and the approach is a little  
different.

Unlike now, there's not going to be a 'blessed' set of source code  
that is a particular perl version.

Instead, perl versions are described by a test suite.  If it passes  
the test suite, it's perl 6.  Whether it's written in C, Haskell,  
Lisp, or whatever.  It's a different way of looking at things, and far  
be it from me to predict if it will work.

That's what's up with the various perl 6 projects right now, like  
Rakudo and Pugs.  They're sharing the 'spec' test suite and jointly  
developing the definition of what is Perl 6, but implementing at a  
different rate.

Rakudo continues to make progress (that's the one I'm betting on  
crossing the finish line), with more big things working than not, but  
like any massive software project, it takes a while to knock off the  
last 20% of a project.  Here's the birds-eye view:
http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6/index.cgi?rakudo_feature_status

You can probably write useful projects in Rakudo Perl 6 today, but of  
course it'd be crazy to use it for professional development at this  
point.

-- Kirby