i cc'ed to language as this issue spans then as well as internals. >>>>> "LW" == Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: LW> We're fighting multiple definitions of "core" here. Please distinguish LW> the core of the language from the core of the implementation--they're LW> two entirely different things. What we're attempting to do here is LW> make it *not matter* whether something is in the core implementation or LW> not. This gives us a great deal of freedom in how to implement the LW> core of the language. the language vs. implementation core confusion has hit before. could we come up with better terms which are not so overloaded? i suggest we drop the use of core altogether for now and pick new terms. here are some ideas: the Perl language base features the perl binary/image/executable/main i would use object but that is WAY too overloaded. i am sure we can pick a pari of terms which are short and reflect our usage. we have too much linguistic power on these lists to fight over core vs. core. LW> This should all be transparent at the language level. Certainly LW> index() will continue to be supported in the core language. But it LW> almost certainly belongs outside the core implementation. i like that. but is that only platform implementation specific? i see a possibility of requesting (via a pragma) an alternative implementation of binary (see i used the new term!). something like this: use library qw(Quantum::sort) ; which would load the sort implementation with damian's constant time sort and overload the sort function as well. my advanced I/O rfc (to be released soon) uses something like that to appease the language minimalists (sockets out of base language) and the binary minimalists (sockets loaded as desired). uri -- Uri Guttman --------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- http://www.sysarch.com SYStems ARCHitecture, Software Engineering, Perl, Internet, UNIX Consulting The Perl Books Page ----------- http://www.sysarch.com/cgi-bin/perl_books The Best Search Engine on the Net ---------- http://www.northernlight.com
