Re: renaming local to "hold"

2000-10-20 Thread J. David Blackstone
> Nathan Torkington wrote: > >> I'd rather not revisit this, or any other, RFC until Larry's had a >> chance to *really* comment and put forward his suggestions. > > I think pitching renames for "local" is at least as worthwhile as > pitching code names. How about "Hold?" It isn't listed in Bla

renaming local to "hold"

2000-10-20 Thread David L. Nicol
Nathan Torkington wrote: > I'd rather not revisit this, or any other, RFC until Larry's had a > chance to *really* comment and put forward his suggestions. I think pitching renames for "local" is at least as worthwhile as pitching code names. How about "Hold?" It isn't listed in Blackstone's

Re: What will the Perl6 code name be?

2000-10-20 Thread John Porter
Jerrad Pierce wrote: > > What about Hexane? Arthropod (or some insect)? Hmmm "anthracite" ? -- John Porter

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

2000-10-20 Thread David L. Nicol
raptor wrote: > What will be the Perl6 code name ? > even the perl books has some animal to represent the main idea behind... or > just for the fun. 0gre

Re: renaming local to "fornow" (or maybe just "now")

2000-10-20 Thread David L. Nicol
Bart Lateur wrote: > > "The Chiefs have scored a touchdown, now they will try for the extra point" > > could be expressed in gamerules::americanfootball as > > > > now $points{touchdown} = 2; > > now $points{fieldgoal} = 1; > > If you use "now" as a replacement for "local", sh

Re: What will the Perl6 code name be?

2000-10-20 Thread Jerrad Pierce
>How about the traditional birthstone for the 6th month (June)? That would >be Alexandrite. This has the added advantage of being named after Tsar >Alexander I, who, like Perl, was ruler over a vast domain. Ha ha ha, obscure pun http://www.birthstones.com/stone_jun.html However come perl

Re: What will the Perl6 code name be?

2000-10-20 Thread grommel
How about the traditional birthstone for the 6th month (June)? That would be Alexandrite. This has the added advantage of being named after Tsar Alexander I, who, like Perl, was ruler over a vast domain.

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

2000-10-20 Thread Frank Schmuck, CFO
Carbon - not just a perl but a diamond in the rough. -Original Message- From: raptor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 11:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:What will be the Perl6 code name ?!! hi, Most of the software projects has their cod

Re: code name for perl 6

2000-10-20 Thread Bart Lateur
On 19 Oct 2000 22:01:23 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >the code name "omega" would be a fitting handle...after all, this will be >the last perl of all...i am obviously assuming perl 6 will not be still born. Hey, why not something in the line of "2PI" ("P2PI"?). After all, 2 * PI is what the v

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

2000-10-20 Thread foo . bar
what is perl..? >"you may call it 'expert-friendly' if you want." -- tom christiansen >"so-called 'expert friendly' programming languages often wake up to >find themselves befriended only by experts." -- the code name "omega" would be a fitting handle...after all, this will be the

re: code name for perl 6

2000-10-20 Thread foo . bar
in the beginning... >"you may call it 'expert-friendly' if you want." -- tom christiansen >"so-called 'expert friendly' programming languages often wake up to >find themselves befriended only by experts." -- the code name "omega" would be a fitting handle...after all, this will be