Re: Perl6 burns 18% fewer calories

2005-07-11 Thread Michael Hendricks
Adam Kennedy wrote: > My god! What is this wonderful module of which you speak? Text::TypingEffort is available on CPAN. > Finally a chance to help in the argument that ideas that try to force > less characters in a huffman-inspired nightmare might make life worse > from a "actually typing it in

Re: Perl6 burns 18% fewer calories

2005-07-10 Thread Adam Kennedy
Michael Hendricks wrote: In other words, Huffman coding works and Perl6 hackers had better start watching their waistlines. Or maybe we should spin it that Perl6 helps reduce global warming ;) Anyway, I collected a small sample (~300 lines each) of Perl5 code along with "equivalent" Perl6 code.

Perl6 burns 18% fewer calories

2005-07-09 Thread Michael Hendricks
In other words, Huffman coding works and Perl6 hackers had better start watching their waistlines. Or maybe we should spin it that Perl6 helps reduce global warming ;) Anyway, I collected a small sample (~300 lines each) of Perl5 code along with "equivalent" Perl6 code. Some came from the Exeges