Comment by dnautics

1 month ago

that's just perl with a new coat of paint

Perl 5 does not have types, as far as I know.

I’m taking the GP seriously instead of dismissing it. Raku looks like more fun than nushell tbh.

it is so much slower to start than perl, that you don't want to run it for quick one-off tasks

  •   ~ > time perl -e ''
      perl -e ''  0.01s user 0.01s system 10% cpu 0.179 total
      ~ > time raku -e ''
      raku -e ''  0.09s user 0.04s system 53% cpu 0.232 total
      ~ >