On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 02:13:46PM -0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> > Well yah! Perl6 array indeed. It also reminds me of PDL. i like the
> > data model. It looks like FAME done right.
>
> Are you suggesting we borrow some features of it? Take some inspiration on
> it to Perl 6 implementation? I really didn't get your point... And I think
> most of the ideas that K talks about we've already discussed...
Sure, we've discussed all the ideas before but K integrates them in a
slightly different way. i've seen a lot of posts about data
representation and i figured that folks would be interested.
> Could you be more specific about your intents about that language? Do you
> have more information about it (some interesting syntax, or some scripts
> that could inspire new features or interesting points?)
You can think of it as a prototype of ordered hashes.
> Do you have interesting points about K we're missing?
Whether K is ultimately a failure or not, i find it to be an interesting
mix of design trade-offs. Of course i'd have to use it in a real
project to offer a detailed report of its weaknesses.
Hope this helps.
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