Re: PDDs, guys.

2002-02-20 Thread Simon Cozens
We're getting wildly off topic. And there's no PDD for the JIT, either. -- FAILURE: When Your Best Just Isn't Good Enough http://www.despair.com

Re: PDDs, guys.

2002-02-20 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 9:22 AM + 2/19/02, Piers Cawley wrote: >Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The first person to say "But XP says code first!" will be summarily >> mocked, as that's completely full of crap. You have been warned. :) > >Actually, XP says tests/interface first and be prepared to chan

Re: PDDs, guys.

2002-02-19 Thread Piers Cawley
Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The first person to say "But XP says code first!" will be summarily > mocked, as that's completely full of crap. You have been warned. :) Actually, XP says tests/interface first and be prepared to change it if the code tells you to. But XP is specifical

Re: PDDs, guys.

2002-02-19 Thread Dave Mitchell
Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrpote: > Implementation should be capable of being yanked out and replaced > with no notice, and things still work. It is, and should be, > considered ephemeral. It's the least important thing to get right, > since it can be fixed or completely replaced as we n

Re: PDDs, guys.

2002-02-18 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 4:18 PM + 2/17/02, Simon Cozens wrote: >COMMITTERS PLEASE NOTE: I'd like you to ensure that any changes you commit in >the future, whether by yourself or anyone else, has an associated PDD. When I >say "any", I expect you to use your discretion - things to fix up warnings, >typoes, minor al

Re: PDDs, guys.

2002-02-18 Thread Alex Gough
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Buggs wrote: > Index: docs/pdds/pdd6.pod Yuck! Can we not have 01_parrot.pod or something we can spot from a distance? I'll fix up bignum pdd-ness once I'm a bit less busy, which may not be for a week or so. Alex Gough

Re: PDDs, guys.

2002-02-18 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 10:06 PM -0500 2/17/02, Josh Wilmes wrote: >PDD 7 (coding standards) is also still MIA, although i understand that it's >basically complete. And now it's in. :) -- Dan --"it's like this"--- Dan Sugal

Re: PDDs, guys.

2002-02-18 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 1:42 AM +0100 2/18/02, Buggs wrote: >And this takes care of the dublicate entries in pdd6, as they seem to have >slipped in again. PDD 6 was an old version. I updated it with the contents of parrot_assembly.pod, which is the up-to-date version. -- Dan

Re: PDDs, guys.

2002-02-17 Thread Josh Wilmes
Bravo! PDD 7 (coding standards) is also still MIA, although i understand that it's basically complete. --Josh At 16:18 on 02/17/2002 GMT, Simon Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just starting to think about writing something on the history and > evolution of Parrot's design, and came

Re: PDDs, guys.

2002-02-17 Thread Buggs
On Sunday 17 February 2002 17:18, Simon Cozens wrote: > Yes, I'm being an anal retentive asshole. It's my job. Nah, this time you are not ;P On to the pdds ... There seems to be some part missing from pdd2, at the bottom. And this takes care of the dublicate entries in pdd6, as they seem to ha