On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Dirk Koopman wrote:
> a) easier to learn
There are many features that make basic Perl 6 easier to understand - the
change in sidgels (the funny chars), easier function calling, nicer OO...
Sum of the parts, etc, etc. If you want my real, serious, answer to this
question it's when Larry et al write the next Camel book and demonstrate
how it's easier (though Damian's been having a good go enroute to Perl 6)
> b) faster both to parse and execute
Parrot is fast. Allowing things to move from run time to compile time is
good, as is being able to specify things in the language in order to make
things faster.
> c) still something that could reasonably be called perl?
That is a matter of opinion. I say it's Perl as it's created by Perl
programmers following the Perl ethos and design mentality. It also has
more than a passing resemblance to that old language. Many people have
disagreed with me on both these points.
Mark.
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#!/usr/bin/perl -T
use strict;
use warnings;
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