I agree, perl6 can be the glue language in academics which can be used to showcase different computing concepts, be it methodologies - functional, oops,procedural -, parallelism, VM, antlr etc.
On Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 2:29 AM Peter Scott <pe...@psdt.com> wrote: > I have seen Damian demonstrate how Perl 6 can be the best language for > teaching functional, procedural, and object-oriented programming. > > On 1/19/2016 10:37 AM, Darren Duncan wrote: > > I very much agree with this idea, of arguing Perl 6 as a teaching > > language. Academia are the ones that would appreciate what Perl 6 > > offers the most in the short term, whereas industry would demand a > > higher standard for it becoming popular. And the first can lead to > > the second. -- Darren Duncan > > > > On 2016-01-19 9:19 AM, Parrot Raiser wrote: > >> I believe Damian Conway thinks P6 would be a very good CS teaching > >> language. > >> > >> On 1/19/16, Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Steve Mynott <steve.myn...@gmail.com > > > >>> wrote: > >>>> I think targeting Perl 6 at CS academic teachers is an excellent idea > >>>> as a way of generally promoting use of the language. > >>>> > >>>> But I'd be wary of "bashing" current choices such as Python and don't > >>>> believe any objective comparison of the two languages is possible. > >>>> > >>>> Python is in any case derived from ABC which was explicitly designed > >>>> for teaching purposes. > >>> > >>> I'm not suggesting bashing Python, Steve, I just think some comparison > >>> is necessary. > > > >
