Old language iterations (was: wip/pkgchkxx: a complete reimplementation of pkg_chk and pkg_rolling-replace)

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Subject: Old language iterations (was: wip/pkgchkxx: a complete reimplementation of pkg_chk and pkg_rolling-replace)
From: Edgar Fuß <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 12:10:13 +0200

> In any other language a 3 year old iteration would be considered obselete
> and a 6 year old version would be unusable.
Err, what? I don't think that applies to Perl (or POSIX shell, for that matter).

Did Perl get unpopular because it doesn't introduce incompatible changes at a high enough rate?

References:
- wip/pkgchkxx: a complete reimplementation of pkg_chk and pkg_rolling-replace
  - From: PHO
- Re: wip/pkgchkxx: a complete reimplementation of pkg_chk and pkg_rolling-replace
  - From: Greg Troxel
- Re: wip/pkgchkxx: a complete reimplementation of pkg_chk and pkg_rolling-replace
  - From: PHO
- Re: wip/pkgchkxx: a complete reimplementation of pkg_chk and pkg_rolling-replace
  - From: Mike Pumford
- Re: wip/pkgchkxx: a complete reimplementation of pkg_chk and pkg_rolling-replace
  - From: PHO
- Re: wip/pkgchkxx: a complete reimplementation of pkg_chk and pkg_rolling-replace
  - From: Mike Pumford

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