> On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 12:13:47PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> > I thought Java used UTF-16. It's a variable-width encoding, so it
> > should be fine. (Though I bet a lot of folks will be rather surprised
> > when it happens...)
Update:
Since Unicode 3.1 (3.2 is the current version), there h
> "pdcawley" == pdcawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
pdcawley> Would I be right in thinking that it should be possible to implement a
pdcawley> prolog like language almost entirely within a regular expression?
pdcawley> Anyone want to step up to the plate? I've already done a Scheme proof
pd
At 12:34 PM -0400 7/17/02, Mark J. Reed wrote:
>On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 12:13:47PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote:
>> I thought Java used UTF-16. It's a variable-width encoding, so it
>> should be fine. (Though I bet a lot of folks will be rather surprised
>> when it happens...)
>UTF-16 isn't techni
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 12:13:47PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> I thought Java used UTF-16. It's a variable-width encoding, so it
> should be fine. (Though I bet a lot of folks will be rather surprised
> when it happens...)
UTF-16 isn't technically a variable-width encoding, since
surrogate code
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 04:17:15PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> My understanding was that Unicode has now escaped the base plane (or whatever
> it's called) and now has started using code points >65536. How does Java
> cope with this?
This is getting a little off-topic, I think. But here's a br
At 4:17 PM +0100 7/17/02, Nicholas Clark wrote:
>On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 12:32:43AM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 05:42:18PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>> > I don't know how Java and Python handle Unicode.
>> Java has always been 100% Unicode from the ground up; it'
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 12:32:43AM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 05:42:18PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> > I don't know how Java and Python handle Unicode.
> Java has always been 100% Unicode from the ground up; it's in the spec.
> The fundamental char type is a 16-bit
On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 05:42:18PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> I don't know how Java and Python handle Unicode.
Java has always been 100% Unicode from the ground up; it's in the spec.
The fundamental char type is a 16-bit value, you can use any "letterlike"
characters in identifiers, there's
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 10:52:58PM +0100, Tim Bunce wrote:
> Don't forget Apocalypse 5.
>
> Personally I believe the elegant and thorough integration of regular
> expressions and backtracking into the large-scale logic of an
> application is one of the most radical things about Perl 6.
How does o
>What about parsing? I think the fact that Perl 6 will pretty much
>have parser capabilities built in is pretty distinctive.
>
>Ted
When someone wants to write a parser, they turn to Perl 90% of the time (at least to
prototype). The fact that they're really using a powerful lexer instead of a
Michael Schwerned:
>I've been trying to pick out what parts of Perl 6 would make a Java
>programmer sit up and go "I wish I had that" or a Python programmer think
>"Hmm, maybe there is more than one way to do it" and, in fine Perl
>tradition, a few things which make the whole audience go "what a b
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 05:13:01PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 09:20:01PM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 01:23:24PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> > > Hopefully the Cabal [2] can debunk that.
> > [snip]
> > > [2] Of which there is none.
>
On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Janek Schleicher wrote:
: Trey Harris wrote at Wed, 03 Jul 2002 19:44:45 +0200:
:
: > In a message dated Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Michael G Schwern writes:
: >> Attributes
: >> Transcending mere objects and classes, Perl 6 introduces adverbs.
: >
: > Attributes are adjectives, n
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 09:20:01PM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 01:23:24PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> > Hopefully the Cabal [2] can debunk that.
> [snip]
> > [2] Of which there is none.
>
> and http://www.perlcabal.com/ doesn't exist, right? ;-)
Not Found
The
At 9:20 PM +0100 7/3/02, Dave Mitchell wrote:
>On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 01:23:24PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>> Hopefully the Cabal [2] can debunk that.
>[snip]
>> [2] Of which there is none.
>
>and http://www.perlcabal.com/ doesn't exist, right? ;-)
Of course not. Otherwise it wouldn't 4
Trey Harris wrote at Wed, 03 Jul 2002 19:44:45 +0200:
> In a message dated Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Michael G Schwern writes:
>> Attributes
>> Transcending mere objects and classes, Perl 6 introduces adverbs.
>
> Attributes are adjectives, not adverbs. Aren't they?
Attributes describe the behavio
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 01:23:24PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>
> I'm also trying to think of more bits to throw in. Particularly in terms of
> the OO system, this being a conference about OO. From what I've heard so
> far, Perl 6's OO system will be largely playing catch up with other
> l
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 01:23:24PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> Hopefully the Cabal [2] can debunk that.
[snip]
> [2] Of which there is none.
and http://www.perlcabal.com/ doesn't exist, right? ;-)
--
"I do not resent critisism, even when, for the sake of emphasis,
it parts for the time w
In a message dated Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Michael G Schwern writes:
> Attributes
> Transcending mere objects and classes, Perl 6 introduces adverbs.
Attributes are adjectives, not adverbs. Aren't they?
Trey
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