Re: Stuff in core (was Re: date interface, on language (was Re: perl6 requirements, on bootstrap))

[Graham Barr]

On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 05:03:34PM +0100, Tim Bunce wrote:
> Where we differ, I think, is that you expressed a desire for things like
> the SystemV IPC functions to be 'known' by perl in advance. I'm saying
> that we shouldn't have many, if any, pre-defined hooks to extensions.
> 
> Let the 'use' of an 'interface definition', or something like it, bring
> in what you need.

Right. We don't have to be source compatable, we will be translating. So the
translator would know what current keywords have been demoted to modules/subs

For example when the translator sees localtime, it could know to do a C<use POSIX 
qw(localtime)>

Graham.