Re: Vocabulary

2003-12-17 Thread Larry Wall
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 06:55:56PM -0500, Gordon Henriksen wrote: : Michael Lazzaro wrote: : : > I don't think so; we're just talking about whether you can extend a : > class at _runtime_, not _compiletime_. Whether or not Perl can have : > some degree of confidence that, once a program is comp

Re: Vocabulary

2003-12-17 Thread Larry Wall
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 06:20:22AM -, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote: : Larry Wall wrote in perl.perl6.language : : > On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 12:11:59AM +, Piers Cawley wrote: : >: When you say CHECK time, do you mean there'll be a CHECK phase for : >: code that gets required at run time? : >

RE: Vocabulary

2003-12-17 Thread Gordon Henriksen
Michael Lazzaro wrote: > I don't think so; we're just talking about whether you can extend a > class at _runtime_, not _compiletime_. Whether or not Perl can have > some degree of confidence that, once a program is compiled, it won't > have to assume the worst-case possibility of runtime alter

Re: Vocabulary

2003-12-17 Thread Simon Cozens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Lazzaro) writes: > Well, just for clarification; in my anecdotal case (server-side web > applications), the speed I actually need is "as much as I can get", > and "all the time". Every N cycles I save represents an increase in > peak traffic capabilities per server, whic

Re: Vocabulary

2003-12-17 Thread Piers Cawley
Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 12:11:59AM +, Piers Cawley wrote: > : When you say CHECK time, do you mean there'll be a CHECK phase for > : code that gets required at run time? > > Dunno about that. When I say CHECK time I'm primarily referring > to the end o