Tim Bunce said:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 10:57:27AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
> > <...>
> > That's a good summary of what we've been thinking. Here's another
> > article that talks about a lot of the things we *should* be thinking.
> > In fact, it's possible this article should be required reading for
> > anyone who aspires to be a Perl designer.
> >
> > http://windows.oreilly.com/news/hejlsberg_0800.html
>
> Impressive. Quite deeply impressive.
>
Yes, Hejlsberg is well worth listening to. For those who are unfamiliar with
his background, he was the architect behind Borland Delphi, which is well
worth looking at to see good implementations of a few things he talks about
in the article (eg. there is only one type of class; properties and events
are fundamental). Microsoft poached him a few years back and have made him
into something of a celebrity.
I did particularly notice one quote of his:
"I just think that we're a generation ahead when it comes to the thinking in
this space"
...which sounds awfully like a challenge to me ;-)
