Re: perl 6 and web open source projects

2007-12-07 Thread Mark J. Reed
I do think It Would Be Nice If there were a native Perl6 DRY/MVC/OMG/WTF/BBQ webapp dev framework ready to go (go where? into a webapp-oriented P6 distro, natch) around the same time that the lang itself is done. I imagine a port of Catalyst would fit the bill nicely. I mention this only because I

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14473 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread Jonathan Lang
> @@ -264,17 +264,34 @@ > The C<.next> and C<.last> methods take an optional argument giving > the final value of that loop iteration. So the old C > syntax is still allowed but is really short for C using > -indirect object syntax. > +indirect object syntax. Any block object can be used, not

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14473 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Fri Dec 7 16:58:49 2007 New Revision: 14473 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod Log: More loop control tweakage. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod == --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14472 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread Jonathan Lang
> @@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ > @evens = ($_ * 2 if .odd for 0..100); > > Loop modifiers C, C, and C also work as in Perl5. > +However, the labelled forms use method call syntax: C, etc. > +The C<.next> and C<.last> methods take an optional argument giving > +the final value of that loop iteration.

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, "Texas quotes"?

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 11:25:14PM +, Andy Armstrong wrote: > On 7 Dec 2007, at 23:19, Chas. Owens wrote: >> That is my take on it: "Everything is bigger in Texas", even French >> Quotes. > > > You know, from a complete outsider's perspective, I really prefer the > Paris, Texas explanation :)

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14472 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Fri Dec 7 15:26:16 2007 New Revision: 14472 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod Log: Some clarification of break semantics requested by dataweaver++ Generalize next, last, and break to use LABEL.leave($retval) syntax. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod ===

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, "Texas quotes"?

2007-12-07 Thread Andy Armstrong
On 7 Dec 2007, at 23:19, Chas. Owens wrote: That is my take on it: "Everything is bigger in Texas", even French Quotes. You know, from a complete outsider's perspective, I really prefer the Paris, Texas explanation :) -- Andy Armstrong, Hexten

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, "Texas quotes"?

2007-12-07 Thread Chas. Owens
On Dec 7, 2007 5:46 PM, Thom Boyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > But, back to Perl I didn't get an answer to my follow-up question: > > So, it's because <> is so much bigger than «this», "this", or 'this'? snip That is my take on it: "Everything is bigger in Texas", even French Quotes.

Re: perl 6 grammar

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 02:47:05AM +0100, Juerd Waalboer wrote: : Jonathan Lang skribis 2007-12-06 16:36 (-0800): : > > I know it used to be that way back near the Dawn of Time, but methods : > > don't automatically topicalize anymore unless you explicitly name : > > one of the parameters '$_': : >

Re: perl 6 grammar

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 04:36:26PM -0800, Jonathan Lang wrote: : Larry Wall wrote: : > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:40:10AM -0800, Jonathan Lang wrote: : > : or (I think): : > : : > : method test ($value) { : > : setup(); : > : when $value { doit() } #[smart-match the calling object $_ agai

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, "Texas quotes"?

2007-12-07 Thread Chas. Owens
On Dec 7, 2007 11:50 AM, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:12:36PM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote: > > Larry Wall wrote: > >> Good guess, but no. It comes from the fact that Texas always bragged > >> about how they were the largest state in the union, and had the biggest

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, "Texas quotes"?

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:12:36PM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote: > Larry Wall wrote: >> Good guess, but no. It comes from the fact that Texas always bragged >> about how they were the largest state in the union, and had the biggest >> everything, including ten-gallon hats. That was before we added Ala