Ah, perfect example Daniel. I know people say things like "Java is better for big projects because of the strictness of it's typing". I respond that Perl isn't intrinsically sloppy if you practice good coding, it just doesn't straightjacket you into that all the time.
So here's Perl 6 and it has lovely typing! Yay. I can now say "$foo is Scalar;" but erm, that's optional. To get the benefit you must still hope for developer self-discipline (my day-job is maintaining and refactoring other people's Perl, so I may be a teensy bit bitter about relying on developer self-discipline). Is there something in Perl 6 akin to a "use strict" switch that will apply the straightjacket some projects need, and thus force typing of all variables. (Then I could have a good comeback for those damned Java guys.) --michael On 24/05/06, Daniel Hulme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what problems Perl 5 has that Perl 6 fixes A type system to die for. I think that is enough of a win on its own that mentioning any of the other features will only muddy the issue :-> -- "The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." -- Carl Sagan http://surreal.istic.org/
