Re: I reproduced one of the errors!

2020-06-02 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 07:39:16PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: > On 2020-06-01 23:02, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > https://docs.raku.org/language/classtut > > Error 522 Ray ID: 59d609616954eb79 • 2020-06-03 02:38:12 UTC > Connection timed out > > Poop! This is usually some kind of te

Re: I reproduced one of the errors!

2020-06-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 2020-06-01 23:02, Peter Pentchev wrote: https://docs.raku.org/language/classtut Error 522 Ray ID: 59d609616954eb79 • 2020-06-03 02:38:12 UTC Connection timed out Poop!

Re: I reproduced one of the errors!

2020-06-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 2020-06-02 07:04, Andy Bach wrote: > Some times methods are great for human readability.  I would like to have both in my tool chest. Not sure that's really answering the question Richard was asking.  I believe he was looking for a more specific answer - when would you want to use a metho

Re: I reproduced one of the errors!

2020-06-02 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 09:34:30PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 11:41:31AM -0400, Parrot Raiser wrote: > > I suspect that "methods" were originally distinguished from > > "subroutines" because it made the rain-dance about the new cure for > > all civilisation's ills and th

Re: I reproduced one of the errors!

2020-06-02 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 11:41:31AM -0400, Parrot Raiser wrote: > I suspect that "methods" were originally distinguished from > "subroutines" because it made the rain-dance about the new cure for > all civilisation's ills and the heartbreak of psoriasis, > Object-Oriented Programming, look more imp

Re: I reproduced one of the errors!

2020-06-02 Thread Parrot Raiser
I suspect that "methods" were originally distinguished from "subroutines" because it made the rain-dance about the new cure for all civilisation's ills and the heartbreak of psoriasis, Object-Oriented Programming, look more impressive. After one has seen a few programming religions launched, the s

Re: I reproduced one of the errors!

2020-06-02 Thread Andy Bach
>> Repeating any of this material won't help you. So what is a method to >> you? How do you think it might be used? > Some times methods are great for human readability. I would like to have > both in my tool chest. Not sure that's really answering the question Richard was asking. I believe he

Re: I reproduced one of the errors!

2020-06-02 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 08:52:37AM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 01:36:19PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: [snip] > > A follow up question: > > > > Is there a booboo in the documentation here? > > > > https://docs.raku.org/routine/starts-with > > multi method