Re: Implementations until Perl 6.0.0 released?
Roughly speaking, will TIMTOWTDI apply to the language itself indefinitely? = yes. Perl 5 is a language defined by an implementation, Perl 6 is a language defined by a syntax and documentation. While there's no predicting what will happen, as of now it looks like there will be a few implementations of Perl 6- there's more than one now and nothing to stop anyone with a good idea from starting another. On the other hand, there are a few implementations that have already gone into hibernation.
Re: Implementations until Perl 6.0.0 released?
On 26/11/2010 17:17, gvim wrote: I'm new to the Perl 6 lists so can someone tell me if the implementations of Perl 6 will eventually transition to a Perl 6.0.0 standard or will TIMTOWTDI apply to the language itself indefinitely? The implementations are aiming towards passing a common test suite[1] and parsing Perl 6 using a standard grammar[2]. So yes, there's a common aim. Of course, TIMTOWTDI applies to the language itself, but only through pre-declared derivations, not out of the box. :-) /jnthn
Re: Implementations until Perl 6.0.0 released?
On 27/11/2010 18:37, Jonathan Worthington wrote: On 26/11/2010 17:17, gvim wrote: I'm new to the Perl 6 lists so can someone tell me if the implementations of Perl 6 will eventually transition to a Perl 6.0.0 standard or will TIMTOWTDI apply to the language itself indefinitely? The implementations are aiming towards passing a common test suite[1] and parsing Perl 6 using a standard grammar[2]. So yes, there's a common aim. Of course, TIMTOWTDI applies to the language itself, but only through pre-declared derivations, not out of the box. :-) Oops, forgot footnote linky: [1] https://github.com/perl6/roast [2] https://github.com/perl6/std/blob/master/STD.pm6 /jnthn
