Eeeeew. My thoughts exactly. I don't envy the beginners, though. Just think of all the frustration that will be caused by searching through old webpages trying to figure out why the code doesn't work.
-----Original Message----- From: Jenda Krynicky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:05 PM To: Beginners (E-mail) Subject: Re: Perl 6? From: Chas Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 16:09, Nikola Janceski wrote: > > I just found out that Perl 6 is going to be mainly OO (object > > oriented for you beginners). Can someone give me a direct URL of > > where I can find what is really going to happen? I do lots of Perl > > programming and I really want to determine if this is going to be a > > good thing, or bad. > > > > I really don't mean to take time away from you folks (ie. Japhy, > > Jenda, etc.). > > > > Nikola Janceski > > First let me clear up some confusion: Perl 6 will still be Perl. You > will be able to do everything you used to be able to do in Perl 5 with > some small caveats: variable sigils ($@%) are now constant (ie you say > @array[2] instead of $array[2]), the concatenation operator is > changing from '.' to ' - ' (note the whitespace), the member of > operator '->' is changing to '.', and various other small things. > Also note that there WILL be a Perl5->Perl6 converter. Ah well ... it will HURT. I'm sure I'll envy the newcomers. Since it'll take ages to get used to the new $@% meaning and the new operators. I really wonder why couldn't we couldn't keep the good old -> :-((( Jenda =========== [EMAIL PROTECTED] == http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ========== There is a reason for living. There must be. I've seen it somewhere. It's just that in the mess on my table ... and in my brain I can't find it. --- me -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
