Guido van Rossum resigns as Python leader

Posted Jul 17, 2018 3:27 UTC (Tue) by rsidd (subscriber, #2582)
In reply to: Guido van Rossum resigns as Python leader by nix
Parent article: Guido van Rossum resigns as Python leader

So, returning to the topic: Python continues to be under active development, with new controversial PEPs etc. Is the same true of Perl 5? Not being a perl user, I'm curious. I see some "incompatible changes" and new features in new release notes, but they seem quite minor compared to the inline-assignment stuff.

Guido van Rossum resigns as Python leader

Posted Jul 19, 2018 12:52 UTC (Thu) by yoe (guest, #25743) [Link]

Perl 5 is still under active development, yes. However, there is no such formal process as PEPs, and most changes are not controversial; the reason for this latter, I suspect, is that whereas in Python the idea is that there should be the One True Way to do something, Perl has a public and confirmed motto of TIMTOWTDI (There Is More Than One Way To Do It); so adding a feature doesn't preclude future additions that do the same things in a different (or better) way, in ways that Python seems to be doing.