Re: RFC 357 (v1) Perl should use XML for documentation instead ofPOD

2000-10-01 Thread Frank Tobin
> process is a *>HUGE<* mistake. If this is a valid argument, then why not just use comments insetad of POD? XML does require some more work, granted. But it pays off. -- Frank Tobin http://www.uiuc.edu/~ftobin/

RE: What will be the Perl6 code name ?!!

2000-10-19 Thread Frank Tobin
Garrett Goebel, at 18:47 -0500 on Thu, 19 Oct 2000, wrote: > The only acceptable code name other than "Perl6" is "YACN" ;) Given all this chatter, YAP might be better. You get 1 guess for what "P" stands for. (No it's not Python). -- Frank Tobin http://www.uiuc.edu/~ftobin/

Re: pitching names for the attribute for a function with no memory or side effects

2001-03-31 Thread Frank Tobin
ure, "pure" might be a good name. But in a non-functional context, the name has little meaning with regards to the concept of "nosideeffects". -- Frank Tobin http://www.uiuc.edu/~ftobin/

Re: pitching names for the attribute for a function with no memory or side effects

2001-03-31 Thread Frank Tobin
annot in standard Perl programming. This is not to say one can't do functional programming in Perl, or anything of the like. However, considering context in which most Perl is written, "pure" has no meaning, and hence I wouldn't consider it "correct". -- Frank Tobin http://www.uiuc.edu/~ftobin/