Re: Rukudo-Star => Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-11 Thread jesse
Perhaps we could name the incomplete releases "Rakudo Bikeshed". Each release could be named after a popular color of bikeshed. The first one should definitely be called "Rakudo White Bikeshed". -j

Re: [RFC] CPAN6 requirements analysis

2009-05-30 Thread Jesse Vincent
res authors to jump through hoops. But really, that's just another CPAN-related service that could easily layer on the existing infrastructure. Best, Jesse pgpwO3tBWEibH.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Commentary on S22 (CPAN [DRAFT])

2009-05-30 Thread jesse
rticular technical reason to pick a given name, so going for something that looks familiar to people may be a win. -jesse

Re: [PATCH] Add .trim method

2009-01-12 Thread jesse
im() and rtrim(). 'left' and 'right' are probably not the right names for functions which trim leading and/or trailing space, since their meanings get somewhat ambiguous if a language renders right-to-left instead of left-to-right or vice-versa -jesse

Jonathan Worthington receives Perl 6 Microgrant

2008-04-29 Thread Jesse Vincent
d to seeing the details of his talks.If you're interested in submitting a Perl 6 microgrant proposal, you can find details here: http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2007/03/msg122448.html Leon and Jesse PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: pluralization idea that keeps bugging me

2008-01-26 Thread jesse
On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 08:58:43AM -0800, Larry Wall wrote: > Last night I got a message entitled: "yum: 1 Updates Available". > Of course, that's probably just a Python programmer giving up on doing > the right thing, but we see this sort of bletcherousness all the time. > > Any other cute ide

Re: pluralization idea that keeps bugging me

2008-01-26 Thread jesse
On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 02:36:32PM -0800, chromatic wrote: > > Nearly pain-free l10n and i18n *is* kind of a killer feature though. +1 > -- c > --

Re: Perl 6 & Parrot Essentials as project documentation

2007-06-19 Thread Jesse Vincent
et and someone should be able to set you up. Best, Jesse [1] A "pristine" copy of the content of the book is also available in the "official" Perl Foundation SVN repository at http://svn.perl.org/perl6/doc/trunk/ books/tutorial/ PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Perl 6 & Parrot Essentials as project documentation

2007-06-19 Thread Jesse Vincent
s/docs/ tonight. (I need to write a README with license and source and copyright info) Best, Jesse P6PM Moritz -- Moritz Lenz http://moritz.faui2k3.org/ | http://perl-6.de/ PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Perl 6 Microgrants. Now accepting proposals.

2007-03-22 Thread Jesse Vincent
or we'll wind up the program and move on to other endeavors. We're really excited to get rolling. Submit your proposals early and often. Don't let somebody else beat you to the punch ;) Best, Jesse PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Y not

2007-02-21 Thread Jesse Vincent
esn't remind you of "zip" at all, especially in the Y form. I bet calling it "ykk" would be Wrong. Pity. -jesse PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: "Don't tell me what I can't do!"

2006-10-05 Thread jesse
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 01:04:45PM -0700, chromatic wrote: > On Wednesday 04 October 2006 12:48, jesse wrote: > > > Ok. So, I think what you're saying is that it's not a matter of "don't let > > people write libraries that add strictures to code that u

Re: "Don't tell me what I can't do!"

2006-10-05 Thread jesse
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 12:43:04PM -0700, chromatic wrote: > On Wednesday 04 October 2006 12:09, jesse wrote: > > > Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you mean by "person writing the > > program" and "person writing the libraries." In fact, I'v

Re: "Don't tell me what I can't do!"

2006-10-04 Thread jesse
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 12:01:22PM -0700, chromatic wrote: > On Wednesday 04 October 2006 01:05, jesse wrote: > > > One of the things that many shops have defected from Perl to Java for > > is the additional handcuffs that Java provides for less-than-experienced > > de

Re: "Don't tell me what I can't do!"

2006-10-04 Thread jesse
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 12:50:16AM -0700, chromatic wrote: > On Tuesday 03 October 2006 10:06, Aaron Sherman wrote: > > > Would there be such tools used in the core libraries? Maybe, maybe not, > > we could discuss that. If they were implemented in the core libraries > > would there be a univer

Call For Pumpking: Do you want a Ponie?

2005-12-14 Thread jesse
you're interested in being the next Ponie pumpking, please submit a brief bio to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We won't consider applications posted publicly. Over the coming weeks, Nicholas Clark and I will work to pick his successor. Nick and I look forward to hearing from you. Jesse --