Thus it was written in the epistle of Tom Christiansen,
> >This is why we need people what Perl *is* to get on the language list
> >and fight the incoming. Perl 6 is meant to be the next version of Perl,
> >not the bastard child of Python and Java.
>
> Could have fooled me. :-(
>
> I suggest that the language list discuss this very matter: what
> Perl really *is*, so that we know the tenets and principles against
> which proposals can be measured.
(moving to the language list)
Tom,
I'd like to second the above. We need your insights (as well as those of
others) as to what Perl *is* in this whole discussion. Likewise with Larry.
He may have said that perl6 is the community rewrite, but I for one hope that
doesn't mean he's abandoning us. Perl gets much of its unique flavor from its
"natural language" concept and the two of you lead the pack in knowledge both
of natural language per se and of Perl's connection to it.
Would you be willing to give us a first shot at what Perl *is* to get the
discussion going?
Thanks,
Ted
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Ted Ashton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Info Sys, Southern Adventist University
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O Logic: born gatekeeper to the Temple of Science, victim of capricious
destiny: doomed hitherto to be the drudge of pedants: come to the aid of thy
master, Legislation.
-- Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832)
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