Re: Critique of Where Perl 6 is Heading

>> 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 
general feeling that a rebuttal is neither needed nor interesting. So I 
doubt you'll find anyone to write an article dissecting Fish's. ("No 
one understands p6", "p6 is not backwards-compatible", "p6 is too 
complex" are his central arguments. Fun.)

Many of us — also not Perl gurus, CS wizards, or academians — do read 
and understand and enjoy the apocalypses. (Or, at least the exegeses.) 
And we look forward to p6 enhancing the rich world that is Perl, with 
all its shortcuts, nooks, crannies, and ever-evolving techniques and 
best practices. A more common sentiment is that we hope articles like 
Shlomi's do not discourage the progress of development, lest we miss 
out on the opportunity to embrace and explore this fantastic, and 
therefore necessarily ambitious, language/internals refresh.