Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-16 Thread Joseph Ryan
Jonathan Scott Duff wrote: On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 03:00:54PM +0100, Alberto Manuel Brand?o Sim?es wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 14:49, Simon Cozens wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alberto Manuel Brandão simões) writes: The question is simple, and Dan can have the same problem (or him or L

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-16 Thread Nicholas Clark
(for those that haven't seen this yet) On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 01:05:52AM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote: > I think the chapter on the Perl design philosophy is definitely worth > the reading of. I just wish the book had wider margins so I can make Alan Burlison has the scoop on an entire book on the

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-15 Thread Piers Cawley
Iain Truskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões [15 Aug 2003 00:36]: >> On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 15:19, Iain Truskett wrote: > [...] >> > Much like "Perl 6 Essentials" then? >> > >> > I must say that its chapter 4 is the clearest look at >> > the perl 6 syntax (as it was a

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 12:52:42PM +0100, Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões wrote: > Apocalypses and Exegesis are not an 'official' specification for Perl6, > I mean, they are subject to change. Is there any idea when will we have > a freeze on the syntax and features for perl6? Its scheduled to occur

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread Simon Cozens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alberto Manuel Brandão simões) writes: > The question is simple, and Dan can have the same problem (or him or > Larry). I am thinking on a Perl 6 book in portuguese (maybe only a > tutorial... but who knows). But that means I must write something which > will work :-) Just a hin

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões
On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 15:19, Iain Truskett wrote: > * Jonathan Scott Duff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [15 Aug 2003 00:16]: > > [...] > > Besides you could always provide online updates to your book as the > > language changes. The first (dead tree) edition would be the rough > > cut, and later editions wo

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread Austin Hastings
Based on current experience, I'd say about three years after the start of development for perl7. =Austin --- Alberto Manuel Brandão_Simões <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Apocalypses and Exegesis are not an 'official' specification for > Perl6, > I mean, they are subject to change. Is there

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread Iain Truskett
* Jonathan Scott Duff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [15 Aug 2003 00:16]: [...] > Besides you could always provide online updates to your book as the > language changes. The first (dead tree) edition would be the rough > cut, and later editions would be closer to reality as the language > stablizes. Much li

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread Jonathan Scott Duff
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 12:19:28AM +1000, Iain Truskett wrote: > * Jonathan Scott Duff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [15 Aug 2003 00:16]: > > [...] > > Besides you could always provide online updates to your book as the > > language changes. The first (dead tree) edition would be the rough > > cut, and late

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread attriel
> Apocalypses and Exegesis are not an 'official' specification for Perl6, > I mean, they are subject to change. Is there any idea when will we have > a freeze on the syntax and features for perl6? Since the A/E gig is where the design team is getting a handle on what it is they want to be doing an

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões
On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 14:49, Simon Cozens wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alberto Manuel Brandão simões) writes: > > The question is simple, and Dan can have the same problem (or him or > > Larry). I am thinking on a Perl 6 book in portuguese (maybe only a > > tutorial... but who knows). But that means

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread Jonathan Scott Duff
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 03:00:54PM +0100, Alberto Manuel Brand?o Sim?es wrote: > On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 14:49, Simon Cozens wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alberto Manuel Brandão simões) writes: > > > The question is simple, and Dan can have the same problem (or him or > > > Larry). I am thinking on a

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread Iain Truskett
* Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões [15 Aug 2003 00:36]: > On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 15:19, Iain Truskett wrote: [...] > > Much like "Perl 6 Essentials" then? > > > > I must say that its chapter 4 is the clearest look at > > the perl 6 syntax (as it was at the time of writing) > > that I've seen yet. > Ye

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread Michael Lazzaro
On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 07:00 AM, Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 14:49, Simon Cozens wrote: Just a hint: don't try writing it and revising it as the language changes. I wrote a Perl 6 chapter for a book in December and it is now almost unusable due to the pac

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread Dan Sugalski
On 14 Aug 2003, Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões wrote: > Hi > > Apocalypses and Exegesis are not an 'official' specification for Perl6, > I mean, they are subject to change. Is there any idea when will we have > a freeze on the syntax and features for perl6? Sometime after perl 5's syntax and feat

Re: Apocalypses and Exegesis...

2003-08-14 Thread Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões
The question is simple, and Dan can have the same problem (or him or Larry). I am thinking on a Perl 6 book in portuguese (maybe only a tutorial... but who knows). But that means I must write something which will work :-) Of course to write it will take many time, which can give Larry time to writ