Re: Iterator semantics

2008-09-11 Thread Aristotle Pagaltzis
* Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-11 21:20]: > As a first shot at that definition, I'll submit: > > 1 .. $n # easy > 1 .. *# hard > > On the other hand, I can argue that if the first expression is > easy, then the first $n elements of 1..* should also be > considered easy, a

Re: Iterator semantics

2008-09-11 Thread Larry Wall
On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 08:50:02AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote: : At the moment the design of Perl 6 (unlike certain FP languages) is : that any dependence on the *degree* of laziness is erroneous, except : insofar as infinite lists must have *some* degree of laziness in order : not to use up all your