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Thu Jan 11 22:24:57 CET 2007 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-January/070564.html

Mike Orr wrote:
[...]
> 
> How did Perl 4 and Perl 5 handle the situation?  I basically waited
> 2-3 years after Perl 5 came out, then started programming the new way.
>  If it mattered (it didn't), I would have tied my applications
> specifically to Perl 4.
> 
It's probably a good job you aren't holding your breath for Perl 6, 
though, eh? How *do* we make it easy for the authors of significant code 
bases to migrate to 3.0 *and* continue to support hte 2.X "market"?

These questions are all very important. I only wish I were serious 
enough to discuss them ;-).

regards
  Steve
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