RE: Status Summary; next steps [x-bayes][x-adr]

2002-11-26 Thread Bryan C. Warnock
On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 09:17, Garrett Goebel wrote: > > p6d exists to document the language. A task which consists of going over the > A&E's and Larry's posts to p6l, etc. and flushing them out into > deliverables: > > o Perl6/Parrot regression tests > o Language Specification derived from tests

Re: Status Summary; next steps [x-bayes][x-adr]

2002-11-26 Thread Arcadi Shehter
Larry Wall writes: > Note that the "true" property is not the same as the "true" function. > This tells me that properties may need their own namespace distinct > from either subs or classes. (We've talked about defining properties > as subs or classes, but either way is problematic. If we ha

Re: Status Summary; next steps [x-bayes][x-adr]

2002-11-26 Thread Larry Wall
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 08:52:52AM -0600, Garrett Goebel wrote: : On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 14:25, Michael Lazzaro wrote: : > (2) The behavior of an explicit bool type, _if_ one exists, : > that stores "truth", not "value". Such that C = (0 but true)> stores true, not 0, and does so in "the : > most

RE: Status Summary; next steps [x-bayes][x-adr]

2002-11-26 Thread Garrett Goebel
On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 14:25, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > (2) The behavior of an explicit bool type, _if_ one exists, > that stores "truth", not "value". Such that C = (0 but true)> stores true, not 0, and does so in "the > most efficient way". There is no explicit bool type. Larry Wall wrote: > >

RE: Status Summary; next steps [x-bayes][x-adr]

2002-11-26 Thread Garrett Goebel
From: Bryan C. Warnock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > If you don't already know whether it exists, or how it will > roughly work (lexically), you shouldn't be discussing it on > p6d. Kicked back to p6l. [...] > and again... what's the scope of p6d p6d exists to document the language. A task whi