Comment on So You Want To Be A Ruby DevparentComments−gamache16yThen there are the platforms that just stop shipping new versions for a decade or so.Perl's mistake was not releasing another Camel Book for a decade. The Perl 5.x language and libraries have done just fine.−chromatic16yDon't mistake a publisher's problem for a language's problem.−gamache16yI understand that, but it took the Perl community years to step up and fill the gap. (Thanks BTW.)The publisher's problem became the community's problem, which in turn became the language's problem.
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Then there are the platforms that just stop shipping new versions for a decade or so.
Perl's mistake was not releasing another Camel Book for a decade. The Perl 5.x language and libraries have done just fine.
Don't mistake a publisher's problem for a language's problem.
I understand that, but it took the Perl community years to step up and fill the gap. (Thanks BTW.)
The publisher's problem became the community's problem, which in turn became the language's problem.