On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 03:22, Larry Wall wrote:
> [...] RFC 74 proposes the same thing. But I classified it under
> Apocalypse 11, Modules, which we skipped over to get to Objects
> first. So it hasn't actually been discussed much.
[...]
> most exportation will be done simply by marking the routines and
> variables in question "is exportable" or some such.
I cringe at what I'm about to ask because I know it's pushy, but thus is
the burden of my impatience and hubris...
There was a document:
TITLE
Apocalypse 1: The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good
AUTHOR
Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
VERSION
Maintainer: Allison Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2 Apr 2001
And in it Apocalypse #26 was mentioned. Above, Larry mentions #11. At
first the rate of 1 apolcalypse per month seemed to support the idea
that Perl 6 would be defined within the next couple of years. However,
trending shows that this function was actually logarithmic, and spacing
has increased from month to quarter to half-year to year....
At the current rate, the aforementioned apoc #11 will be out sometime
after I die, a frustrated old man who remembers the glory days of Perl
3.
There are many ways that we could deal with this, and I think all of
them are up to Larry:
1. Larry gets help in writing these (various degrees of delegation).
2. Perl 6 now (apoc 1-6), Perl 7 when the apocs are done.
3. Perl 5.aleph-1: Perl 5 code-base, Perl 6ish feature-set.
4. Don't worry, be happy (aka back in your hole, Hobbit! ;-)
So Larry, it's up to you. Is there some way to accelerate Perl 6? Can we
help?
Before people say that #3 already exists, I'm not talking about adding
sugar to Perl 5, I'm talking about a major overhaul that really gives us
a stop-gap while we wait for Perl 6.
I hope that everyone understands that I'm saying this because I want to
help. I backed off of Perl 6 a while back, but as Perl 5 begins to feel
more and more like a holding pattern for Perl 6, I find myself needing
the next step to be taken for work reasons and wanting it for personal
reasons.
--
Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Senior Systems Engineer and Toolsmith
"It's the sound of a satellite saying, 'get me down!'" -Shriekback
