Dan Sugalski wrote:
> I object to targetting GCC specifically for two reasons,
> though, neither of them VMS related:
>
> 1) Targeting a single compiler, no matter whose it is, is a bad idea. We're
> writing in a *language*, not for a compiler. Targeting a specific compiler
> restricts us even m
David Mitchell wrote:
>
> Roland Giersig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Maybe:
> >
> > "Perl6 should excell at manipulating *formatted* text."
>
> Quite possibly, although as a previous poster has pointed out,
> formatted text != XML.
Yes
Bart Lateur wrote:
>
> On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 08:54:43 +0100, Roland Giersig wrote:
>
> >Maybe the title should be :
> >
> >"Perl should use XML as its basic data type instead of linear strings"
>
> Horrible.
>
> I kinda liked your original
Nicholas Clark wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 01:24:50PM -0500, Chaim Frenkel wrote:
> > I'd offer the possiblity that there are two (or perhaps more)
> > different problems here. One is the current bunch of bytes (string,
> > executable to be twiddled) Another which the attribute on strings
es perl6 worthwile. I've attached
the RFC again and would hope to at least get some "Nah..." or "Yeah!"
as feedback.
Cheers!
Roland
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=head1 TITLE
Perl should support non-linear text.
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Roland Giersig <[EMAIL PROTECT
Maintainer: Roland Giersig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Oct 2000
Version: 1
Mailing List: perl6-internals ?
Number: ?
=head1 ABSTRACT
Right now, Perl performs its magic only upon linear strings of ASCII
and Unicode text. As Ilya Zakharevich has stated in his recent
interview (http://
