>>>>> "PH" == Phil Hassey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
PH> 1. Function case -- some languages like php don't use case for PH> function or method names. Thus $a->toString(); is the same as PH> $a->tostring(); However, a language like java does care. How will PH> php be able to call the correct java method? I suspect one PH> solution for php would be to have a way to do a case insensitive PH> method lookup. no, that is a compiler problem. all the php compiler would have to do is lower (or upper) case all method names. parrot will only see the single case version. PH> 4. Global Scopes -- each language has its own idea of what is PH> part of the core function/pre-defined values set. If I start a PH> python script, and call a php script, will php have python's PH> global core (__import__,apply, compile,complex,xrange, etc...) or PH> will the php script have the usual myriad of php functions PH> available (all 5000 of them)? I guess when I'm in a php or python PH> context, I'd want things to feel like a php or python context... PH> Maybe each language gets its own namespace? php::main, PH> python::main... again a compiler problem. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com ----- Stem and Perl Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding ---- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org Damian Conway Perl Classes - January 2003 -- http://www.stemsystems.com/class
