Chris Fedde writes:
> It is my opinion that the FAQ exists to cover deficiencies in the existing
> core manual. I expect that the version 6 Perl manual pages will subsume
> much of what is currently in the FAQ as either new pages, additional
> examples, or clarification to feature descriptions.
> 
> I envision the FAQ for Perl6 will be a list of questions and
> references to the correct part of the manual where the topic is
> discussed in context.

A quick answer: I disagree on both points.  The FAQ gives short
immediately useful answers to common questions.  A pointer to the full
documentation generally doesn't cut it--the standard docs are often
references to the language features, not to problem solving.  For
this reason, I picture the Perl 6 FAQ will be similar in style to the
Perl 5 FAQ.

Nat


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