Re: Defining Perl 6 for the masses

2013-10-01 Thread Richard Hainsworth
There are two issues here. a) Using language in a consistent manner in Perl6 space - the word 'specification' is used in Perl6 space both in the way it has become acceptable in computer language design circles, but also in a new and more nuanced way in Perl6. - Perl6 is being developed using La

Re: Defining Perl 6 for the masses

2013-10-01 Thread Parrot Raiser
Minor corrections: > may smply be my personal limitations). s/smply/simply/ > dumb "noob" questions. By my fairly harsh definition. > with the sage of IBM's attempt to develop One Language To Rule Them All, s/sage/saga/

Defining Perl 6 for the masses

2013-09-30 Thread Parrot Raiser
This is related to the conversation on the Synopses, but its sufficiently different that it probably justifies its own thread. I want to start by making it clear that I'm not criticising the design of Perl 6, or any of the people working so hard to make it great. I'm just trying to address what I