Mon, 21 Feb 2005
Getting Sick Sucks.
If you've either been waiting on something from me or you're surprised at
the sudden barrage of email's I've sent today (21st Feb) then I have a not
very amusing story to tell.
I've had a mild cold or flu, there are a couple of bugs gong around at the moment so it's not uncommon. I then spent a day working in a chilled server room. Not my smartest ever plan; and that's an achievement. I got home Thursday afternoon and during the evening managed to pass out while walking around and smash my head into a door frame. This was not in my plan for the weekend.
Skipping the boring bits I looked uncomfortably like TwoFace from Batman. I also still have a cold from hell. After sleeping for most of Friday, Saturday and Sunday (only on my left side as the right-side is sore as hell) I'm now back in a position where I know who the Prime Minister is. Wish I didn't but... ;)
I ended up cancelling my birthday meal, I'm already a day into my week off work with nothing to show for it and I have to go and see a dentist to get a couple of loose teeth looked at tomorrow. On the upside I'm pretty well rested, the bruising is going down quite nicely and I got to watch the whole of Angel Series 5 (again) and FireFly. And it's almost time for FOSDEM; which I hope to be well enough to attend now I've payed to go.
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Perl Foundation Requests (more) Funding
Over at use.perl there is a short
call
for funding from TPF to help fund the development of Perl6 and Parrot.
I've long been a Perl 5 fan, it's flexible, powerful, CPAN rocks and there
are a number of smart, helpful people involved. As much as I like the
community the killer feature is letting me get things done quickly and
easily.
When it comes to Perl6 I've just not found anything that really interests me. I've read some of the lists, the RFCs and Larry and Damian's pieces on perl.com and while there are some neat ideas, a number of the features just won't have a massive impact on the kind of development (mostly sysadmin automation stuff and little side projects like those on this site) that I'm involved in. Add Ruby, a language that I like a lot, to that and I'm no longer concerned if it ever actually gets released.
Ahh yes, I knew there was a reason I started this post. Some of the comments, which you can see in an expanded comments view are from people that are even more cynical than me about Perl6. And that's always nice to see :) My (semi-rhetorical) question; is Perl6 actually an answer to the right question? Why is the Perl market so much smaller than C#, .NET or Java? And will a new release with shiny features make the slightest bit of difference?
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