The Future Perl Versioning Panel

This is a talk + a discussion that took place on 14 August 2013 as a part of the YAPC::Europe 2013 Perl conference in Kiev.

Contents:
1. The Story of Perl 7 — an overview of a big flame war happened in early 2013 about the naming of Perl versions.
2. The Joy of Smartmatch — about some language features that might disappear.
3. brian d foy’s opinion on the topic.
4. Carl Mäsak, Elizabeth Mattijsen, Larry Wall talking about the current state and the progress with Perl.