Re: Apocalypse 1 from Larry

2001-04-05 Thread A. C. Yardley
Probably, I'm just confused, but ... doesn't > RFC PSA Title > --- --- - > 16 bdb Keep default Perl free of constraints such as warnings and strict. ^ and > 73 adb All Perl core functions should return objects ^ mean this >

Re: wacko idea

2001-04-24 Thread A. C. Yardley
Well, generally, I try to keep my mouth shut and stay out of these kinds of things, but I'd really like to see some more discussion on this one. So, ... It's not a wacko idea, imho; in fact, it could also work quite well with a "Stop-and-Copy" semispaces-type GC, if Dan elects to go with somethi

Re[2]: Apoc2 - concerns

2001-05-04 Thread A. C. Yardley
Dan Sugalski writes: > I dunno. Color me unconvinced--I do use the <> enough in non-while context > (and in non-implied while context) to make the whole idea of next feel > rather... nasty. And $FOO.next? Yuck. Reading lines/records in is one of > the most fundamental things one can do in a co

Re[3]: Apoc2 - concerns ::::: new mascot?

2001-05-09 Thread A. C. Yardley
A. C. Yardley writes: > taken off list. (I don't mean to arrogant the decisional authority Erh, make that arrogate ... /acy

Re[2]: Apoc2 - concerns ::::: new mascot?

2001-05-09 Thread A. C. Yardley
David Grove writes: > Probably not if it had scales, webbed feet, a hookbill, antennae, a furry > coontail, and udders. Otherwise, if it looks like a camel at all, it's > considered a trademark violation. I remember someone (whether at O'Reilly or > not I don't remember) saying that, even if it l

Proposed PDD format for Perl6's "assembly language standard"

2001-05-21 Thread A. C. Yardley
This is, obviously, premature, but, since the list has been rather inactive over the last week or so (and this stuff has been much on my mind as of late), I thought I'd throw this out there, fwiw. I'm probably all wet ("And that's, OK" :-), but, recently, I began to re-review my copy of Jon Meyer

Master-Apprentice and a "sneak peek"

2001-05-21 Thread A. C. Yardley
Ok, the idea of a master-apprentice program, where the wannabes, while working with masters, sort-of cut their teeth on the docs, and then move up in skills over time, has been mentioned a few times on this list and discussed rather extensively on perl6-meta. Now, I'm wondering, has a consensus o

Re[2]: Proposed PDD format for Perl6's "assembly language standard"

2001-05-22 Thread A. C. Yardley
Dan Sugalski writes: > Consider yourself officially drafted. It's too late to run away... :-) Affirm that, Sir! :-) /acy

Re[2]: Master-Apprentice and a "sneak peek"

2001-05-23 Thread A. C. Yardley
Dave Mitchell writes: >> I've been meaning for a while to sit down and thoroughly go through sv.c >> to understand and document it. So, consider sv.c 'grabbed'; if no-one's >> done av.c and sv.c in the meantime, I may get round to them too. > ^ > hv.c of course. D

Microsoft .NET Framework

2001-05-28 Thread A. C. Yardley
I found the below paper while digging around for some additional information on register-based machines. I'm posting it because (1) of Larry's remarks about the importance of http://windows.oreilly.com/news/hejlsberg_0800.html and (2) others have, in earlier posts, expressed an interest in additi

Re: Microsoft .NET Framework

2001-05-29 Thread A. C. Yardley
To add insult to injury (or maybe not, depending on your pov), here's a bit more, but this one's from Microsoft's site: See http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/ecma/ NOTE: "CLI Partition III - CIL (word, pdf)," a link to which is on the bottom of the webpage, includes a description of their so-called

Re: Master-Apprentice and a "sneak peek"

2001-06-17 Thread A. C. Yardley
Simon Cozens writes: > Any progress on this? I'd like to start drawing up something for the > internal variables API soonish. Well, last month, actually, but soonish > would do just fine. :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> Simon, >> Here (finally) is that list of SV functions. I ran out of time t

Re: This week's summary

2004-05-26 Thread a. c. yardley
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