I am willing to bet you $1000 that in 2030 there are more jobs on general $job_board of your choice that mention Perl than Raku.
We can say 2040 if you think that 2030 may be too soon for Raku to have any chance at all. But there is a good chance that one of us will be dead by then. (I'll be 70, I think you'll be in your 80s.)
My point being that if you yourself are not confident enough to take some bet of that form, you cannot expect people to take you seriously when you describe Raku as "where the puck will be". Particularly not people who are happy to explain why they think that Raku won't do that, and are willing to make bets of that kind.
Bet taken. With the current rate of Perl's decline, I think that's a very safe bet to take.
Awesome. I know how hard it is to get rid of legacy code, and there are a lot more startups that I'm aware of starting with Perl today than starting with Raku.
I know I'm an old hack, but not that old: I'll be 73 for 98% of 2030.
The "then" that I was referring to in that sentence was 20 years from now. Which is 2040. As I said, you'll be in your 80s at that point.
We can say 2040 if you think that 2030 may be too soon for Raku to have any chance at all. But there is a good chance that one of us will be dead by then. (I'll be 70, I think you'll be in your 80s.)
My point being that if you yourself are not confident enough to take some bet of that form, you cannot expect people to take you seriously when you describe Raku as "where the puck will be". Particularly not people who are happy to explain why they think that Raku won't do that, and are willing to make bets of that kind.