[Question] Perl5/Perl6 File Extensions

[ginglis13]

In scripts/run.py, the rule for Perl6 is the following:

    Language('Perl6',
        '',
        'perl6 {source}',
        ('.pl', '.p6')
    ),

If someone wished to run a Perl5 script, which traditionally has the extension .pl, would this conflict? Also, has Perl5 support been added/is it default on ubuntu 18.04?

Perl6 discussion on this: Raku/doc#1807

[ginglis13]

I think this actually answers this question: https://perl6.org/archive/faq.html

In addition, Perl 6 will provide a "Perl 5 compatibility mode", allowing the compiler to directly execute any code that it recognizes as being written in Perl 5.

Edit: this looks outdated

[pbui]

If we get some Perl 5 users we can re-open, but for now I will close it.