"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?
Hello everyone!
First of all - I do not closely follow perl6/parrot development. I read "this
week on perl6" on www.perl.com but that's it - so if I'm completly off the
track, let me know.
Regarding the discussions about the hyper operator (eg adding elements of 2
arrays into another array)
The Perl 6 Summary for the week ending 20021124
And some rough beast, its hour come 'round at last slouches toward...
And then the scansion goes to pot and I can't make a joke fit. Shame.
Anyhoo, it's time for another episode of the continuing saga of Perl 6
development. When I sa
It's coming up on six months since the last Apocalypse, and 3 months
since the Perl 6 Mini conference. Do we have any indication as to when
we can expect the next one?
--
Piers
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in
possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewr
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 04:33:23PM +, Piers Cawley wrote:
: It's coming up on six months since the last Apocalypse, and 3 months
: since the Perl 6 Mini conference. Do we have any indication as to when
: we can expect the next one?
It'd be a lot faster if you guys would stop asking interesting
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 09:57:41AM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
> So anyway, to actually answer your question, hopefully within the next
> week or two, depending primarily on whether over the coming holiday
> my wife's family decides to play games I like or games I don't like.
So ... what are the emai
> From: "Ph. Marek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:10:19 +0100
>
> So an usage could be
> @a = @b =>+ @b;
> @a = @b =+> @b;
> @a = @b +=> @b;
> where the 2nd form would be the most intuitive (from reading this source).
> Hmm, that would leave us with
> @a
> Dynamic scoping (take 2)
> ... a system of implicit argument passing ...
> Larry pointed out [an error about threads]
The system of implicit argument passing was
intended to eliminate the need to use globals.
I was wrong about threads but that doesn't
change my view that globals are mostly evil
There's something wrong with your links to the messages in the
documentation list. Whenever I click on one, I get the message "Unable to
find thread. Please recheck the URL."
Joe Gottman
