Uri Guttman wrote:
i would say more like 100 but i didn't try to make a better counting.
I could see 2/3rds of the hall and did a partial head count. The right had 40 people, and the center had over 50, while the left, where I was seated, seemed more sparsely populated, so I estimated 120 (40+50+30) to 150 (40+70+40). Probably closer to the low-end of that range.
...much of the rest was fancy ops and OO stuff...
I remember the "fancy ops" but I don't remember much to do with OO, aside from some syntax variations (arrow changes to dot). I've actually seen very little said on how Perl 6 will be different from an OO perspective. (There might actually have been more on that dating back to the Parrot talks we had in 2001.)
...evolving regexes into the inheritable rules system is a major breakthrough.
True, and the point Larry made about how the parser now has to deal with only one language at a time, with the sub-languages separated and handled by their own parser rules. And how you can build on this mechanism yourself to introduce your own grammars that apply only within a limited scope.
This could lead to a flood of domain specific languages, or better ways of handling templating.
Anyone else remember interesting bits from the talk?
...but the rules engine is new ground...
I figured you'd take note of that, given your rules engine work. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
