Re: Status Summary; next steps

2002-11-28 Thread Bryan C. Warnock
On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 14:59, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > But my worries are that we could not keep P6L sufficiently focused, > resulting in an even *bigger* tangle of threads; that we can't really > *have* the discussions without posting the proposed documentation too; > and that P6L would not respond

Re: Status Summary; next steps

2002-11-28 Thread Michael Lazzaro
"Bryan C. Warnock" wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 13:36, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > > The main difference is that p6-docs is intended to move very narrowly > > from topic to topic, in a roughly predetermined order, focusing on each > > But not to move faster than the design of the language. Yeah

Re: Status Summary; next steps

2002-11-27 Thread Piers Cawley
"Bryan C. Warnock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Be kind to Piers. Ah... Yes do. I need all the kindness I can get. -- Piers "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite." -- Jane Austen?

Re: Status Summary; next steps

2002-11-26 Thread Bryan C. Warnock
On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 13:36, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > The main difference is that p6-docs is intended to move very narrowly > from topic to topic, in a roughly predetermined order, focusing on each But not to move faster than the design of the language. > one until the more dedicated members st

RE: Status Summary; next steps [x-bayes][x-adr]

2002-11-26 Thread Bryan C. Warnock
On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 09:17, Garrett Goebel wrote: > > p6d exists to document the language. A task which consists of going over the > A&E's and Larry's posts to p6l, etc. and flushing them out into > deliverables: > > o Perl6/Parrot regression tests > o Language Specification derived from tests

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2002-11-26 Thread Arcadi Shehter
Larry Wall writes: > Note that the "true" property is not the same as the "true" function. > This tells me that properties may need their own namespace distinct > from either subs or classes. (We've talked about defining properties > as subs or classes, but either way is problematic. If we ha

Re: Status Summary; next steps

2002-11-26 Thread Michael Lazzaro
On Tuesday, November 26, 2002, at 09:47 AM, Larry Wall wrote: : > (3) Context. How to determine it, how to force it. Hypothesis: There : > is a one-to-one relationship between Type and Context, such that there : > is a context that matches every type, and a type that matches every : > contex

Re: Status Summary; next steps

2002-11-26 Thread Michael Lazzaro
On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 04:46 PM, Bryan C. Warnock wrote: On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 14:25, Michael Lazzaro wrote: (2) The behavior of an explicit bool type, _if_ one exists, that stores "truth", not "value". Such that C stores true, not 0, and does so in "the most efficient way". If yo

Re: Status Summary; next steps

2002-11-26 Thread Larry Wall
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 07:46:57PM -0500, Bryan C. Warnock wrote: : Should an explicit bool type be part of the language? If so, how should : it work? C storing only a truth property but : no value makes little sense in the context of the larger language. So : does handling truth as something oth

Re: Status Summary; next steps [x-bayes][x-adr]

2002-11-26 Thread Larry Wall
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 08:52:52AM -0600, Garrett Goebel wrote: : On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 14:25, Michael Lazzaro wrote: : > (2) The behavior of an explicit bool type, _if_ one exists, : > that stores "truth", not "value". Such that C = (0 but true)> stores true, not 0, and does so in "the : > most

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2002-11-26 Thread Garrett Goebel
On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 14:25, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > (2) The behavior of an explicit bool type, _if_ one exists, > that stores "truth", not "value". Such that C = (0 but true)> stores true, not 0, and does so in "the > most efficient way". There is no explicit bool type. Larry Wall wrote: > >

RE: Status Summary; next steps [x-bayes][x-adr]

2002-11-26 Thread Garrett Goebel
From: Bryan C. Warnock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > If you don't already know whether it exists, or how it will > roughly work (lexically), you shouldn't be discussing it on > p6d. Kicked back to p6l. [...] > and again... what's the scope of p6d p6d exists to document the language. A task whi

Re: Status Summary; next steps

2002-11-26 Thread Bryan C. Warnock
On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 14:25, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > (2) The behavior of an explicit bool type, _if_ one exists, that stores > "truth", not "value". Such that C stores > true, not 0, and does so in "the most efficient way". If you don't already know whether it exists, or how it will roughly wo