Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-11 Thread Carl Mäsak
raiph (), Larry ():
 Rakudo Zengi would be the most (in)appropriate, I think.

 Why do I get the sense that some in the community are suffering siege
 mentality? ;)

 I had thought of things like Zen, Zero, Catalyst, etc.

 But I love * | Star | Whatever. I love:
  o  The word Star, regardless of its connection with Perl 6.
  o  Insider reference to a cool feature of Perl 6.
  o  Rakudo* as an alternate that invites footnote-fu.
  o  Evoking whatever works instead of all of Perl 6.0.0.
  o  Evoking whatever to invite ongoing definition of what it is.

 This latter point is the most exciting for me. What is Rakudo Star?
 Well, it's...

 I would love to see this meme encouraged, the notion that we all get
 to continuously (re)define just what Rakudo Star is.

Seconded. Well put.

// Carl


Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-11 Thread jesse
Perhaps we could name the incomplete releases Rakudo Bikeshed.
Each release could be named after a popular color of bikeshed. The first
one should definitely be called Rakudo White Bikeshed.

-j


Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-11 Thread Jose Celestino
On Seg, 2009-08-10 at 22:06 -0500, raiph mellor wrote:
  Rakudo Zengi would be the most (in)appropriate, I think.

 This latter point is the most exciting for me. What is Rakudo Star?
 Well, it's...
 

A Beatles drummer ?

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Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-10 Thread Gabor Szabo
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Patrick R. Michaudpmich...@pobox.com wrote:
 On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 04:35:42PM -0600, David Green wrote:
 On 2009-Aug-9, at 3:57 pm, Tim Bunce wrote:
 Perhaps it's worth asking what we might call the release after that
 one.
 Rakudo not-quite-so-lite?

 Rakudo ** (aka Rakudo Exponentiation)?  Though I think Patrick is
 optimistic that development will proceed exponentially enough that a
 single interim release will be enough to hold us over until Christmas.

 I'm not sure I'm quite THAT optimistic.  :-)  We may end up with
 multiple interim releases in the Rakudo Star series before we reach
 Christmas.  (And yes, they may even be *+1, *+2, etc.)

 In some ways I'm starting to think of Star (or whatever designation
 we end up using) as a label for a series of interim releases in the
 same sense that NASA used Gemini as the label for the program
 came between Mercury and Apollo.

 In other words, Star may really end up being a designation for a
 program of planned releases with certain major objectives that
 cumulatively lead up to the ultimate goal of a full Perl 6 release.

 The precise details are still a little ill-formed in my head at the
 moment, but as they come together (and are expressed in planning
 documents) I'll be blogging or writing about them appropriately.



my bikeshed would go along the lines of

@rakudo[*-100]
@rakudo[*-99]
...

Gabor


Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-10 Thread Matthew Walton
Then you could be like TeX and have releases numbered with
ever-increasing parts of an irrational number.

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Mark J. Reedmarkjr...@gmail.com wrote:
 Wrong reply button...

 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Mark J. Reed markjr...@gmail.com
 Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:36:52 -0400
 Subject: Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?
 To: Gabor Szabo szab...@gmail.com

 That has the same problem as lots of other themes - it puts a hard
 limit on the number of releases before the One True Rakudo.
 Maybe you could call it Zeno's Camel (project motto: halfway done!)
 and have releases numbered 0.5, 0.75, 0.875, 0.9375,... :)

 On 8/10/09, Gabor Szabo szab...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Patrick R. Michaudpmich...@pobox.com
 wrote:
 On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 04:35:42PM -0600, David Green wrote:
 On 2009-Aug-9, at 3:57 pm, Tim Bunce wrote:
 Perhaps it's worth asking what we might call the release after that
 one.
 Rakudo not-quite-so-lite?

 Rakudo ** (aka Rakudo Exponentiation)?  Though I think Patrick is
 optimistic that development will proceed exponentially enough that a
 single interim release will be enough to hold us over until Christmas.

 I'm not sure I'm quite THAT optimistic.  :-)  We may end up with
 multiple interim releases in the Rakudo Star series before we reach
 Christmas.  (And yes, they may even be *+1, *+2, etc.)

 In some ways I'm starting to think of Star (or whatever designation
 we end up using) as a label for a series of interim releases in the
 same sense that NASA used Gemini as the label for the program
 came between Mercury and Apollo.

 In other words, Star may really end up being a designation for a
 program of planned releases with certain major objectives that
 cumulatively lead up to the ultimate goal of a full Perl 6 release.

 The precise details are still a little ill-formed in my head at the
 moment, but as they come together (and are expressed in planning
 documents) I'll be blogging or writing about them appropriately.



 my bikeshed would go along the lines of

 @rakudo[*-100]
 @rakudo[*-99]
 ...

 Gabor


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 Mark J. Reed markjr...@gmail.com

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Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-10 Thread James Fuller
how about

'raku'

then the final version could be called

'rakudone'

Jim Fuller


Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-10 Thread Mark J. Reed
Given the Japanese behind the name Rakudo, rakudone looks like a
question: Rakudo, right? Beats rakuod, though.

On 8/10/09, James Fuller james.fuller.2...@gmail.com wrote:
 how about

 'raku'

 then the final version could be called

 'rakudone'

 Jim Fuller


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Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-10 Thread jason switzer
Since I don't know anything about nuclear power plants, I think the BikeShed
should be painted blue and called Rakudo Whatever or just Rakudo.

-Jason s1n Switzer


Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-10 Thread Larry Wall
Rakudo Zengi would be the most (in)appropriate, I think.

Larry


Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-10 Thread raiph mellor
 Rakudo Zengi would be the most (in)appropriate, I think.

Why do I get the sense that some in the community are suffering siege
mentality? ;)

I had thought of things like Zen, Zero, Catalyst, etc.

But I love * | Star | Whatever. I love:
  o  The word Star, regardless of its connection with Perl 6.
  o  Insider reference to a cool feature of Perl 6.
  o  Rakudo* as an alternate that invites footnote-fu.
  o  Evoking whatever works instead of all of Perl 6.0.0.
  o  Evoking whatever to invite ongoing definition of what it is.

This latter point is the most exciting for me. What is Rakudo Star?
Well, it's...

I would love to see this meme encouraged, the notion that we all get
to continuously (re)define just what Rakudo Star is.

-- 
love, raiph


Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-09 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 04:30:07PM +0400, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
 Referring to Patrick's blog about an official 'useable' version of  
 Rakudo, a suggestion:

 Since Rakudo* (not sure how it is to be written) is intended to be a  
 cut-down version of perl6.0.0 that is useable, how about Rakudo-lite?

Hmmm, that's a very reasonable name.  Over the past few days I've
become a little attached to Rakudo Star, but I agree that
Rakudo light might be a bit more descriptive.  I'll have to
mull it over a while.

Pm


Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-09 Thread Kyle Hasselbacher
Rakudo Light
Rakudo Star Light
Rakudo Rock Star
Rakudo Hard Rock
Rakudo Play Hard
Rakudo  Play

Just musing...


Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-09 Thread Austin Hastings

How about Rake?

=Austin


Richard Hainsworth wrote:
Referring to Patrick's blog about an official 'useable' version of 
Rakudo, a suggestion:


Since Rakudo* (not sure how it is to be written) is intended to be a 
cut-down version of perl6.0.0 that is useable, how about Rakudo-lite?


Its just that */star/whatever doesnt convey [to me] the fact that its 
a sub-set of of Perl6.


-lite seems [to me] to be used to define a functional, but stripped 
down version of a larger spec.


Richard (finanalyst)





Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-09 Thread Henry Baragar
Ruby anyone?  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rake_(software).

Henry

On August 9, 2009 11:44:24 am Austin Hastings wrote:
 How about Rake?

 =Austin

 Richard Hainsworth wrote:
  Referring to Patrick's blog about an official 'useable' version of
  Rakudo, a suggestion:
 
  Since Rakudo* (not sure how it is to be written) is intended to be a
  cut-down version of perl6.0.0 that is useable, how about Rakudo-lite?
 
  Its just that */star/whatever doesnt convey [to me] the fact that its
  a sub-set of of Perl6.
 
  -lite seems [to me] to be used to define a functional, but stripped
  down version of a larger spec.
 
  Richard (finanalyst)

-- 

Henry Baragar
Instantiated Software


Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-09 Thread Tim Bunce
On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 10:19:44AM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
 On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 04:30:07PM +0400, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
  Referring to Patrick's blog about an official 'useable' version of  
  Rakudo, a suggestion:
 
  Since Rakudo* (not sure how it is to be written) is intended to be a  
  cut-down version of perl6.0.0 that is useable, how about Rakudo-lite?
 
 Hmmm, that's a very reasonable name.  Over the past few days I've
 become a little attached to Rakudo Star, but I agree that
 Rakudo light might be a bit more descriptive.  I'll have to
 mull it over a while.

Perhaps it's worth asking what we might call the release after that one.
Rakudo not-quite-so-lite?

I like Rakudo Star. It doesn't try to be descriptive. It's just a name.

Tim.


Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-09 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 10:57:16PM +0100, Tim Bunce wrote:
   Since Rakudo* (not sure how it is to be written) is intended to be a  
   cut-down version of perl6.0.0 that is useable, how about Rakudo-lite?
  
  Hmmm, that's a very reasonable name.  Over the past few days I've
  become a little attached to Rakudo Star, but I agree that
  Rakudo light might be a bit more descriptive.  I'll have to
  mull it over a while.
 [...]
 I like Rakudo Star. It doesn't try to be descriptive. It's just a name.

Based on #perl6 discussions and a few other threads, I've decided
we'll stick with Rakudo Star.  It's non-descriptiveness is an asset
at this point.

Pm


Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-09 Thread David Green

On 2009-Aug-9, at 6:30 am, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
Its just that */star/whatever doesnt convey [to me] the fact that  
its a sub-set of of Perl6.


I like *... it has more personality than lite.  (Or even light.)  
Though since it's a subset, we could always call it Rakudo ⊂!



On 2009-Aug-9, at 12:29 pm, Henry Baragar wrote:

Ruby anyone?  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rake_(software).


You mean call it Rakudo Ruby because Ruby has only part of the  
features of P6?  We could name interim releases after competing brands  
as they get left behind: Rakudo Ruby, Rakudo Python, Rakudo P5   
(We're already too late for Rakudo PHP, I'm afraid.)



On 2009-Aug-9, at 3:57 pm, Tim Bunce wrote:
Perhaps it's worth asking what we might call the release after that  
one.

Rakudo not-quite-so-lite?


Rakudo ** (aka Rakudo Exponentiation)?  Though I think Patrick is  
optimistic that development will proceed exponentially enough that a  
single interim release will be enough to hold us over until Christmas.



-David



Re: Rukudo-Star = Rakudo-lite?

2009-08-09 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 04:35:42PM -0600, David Green wrote:
 On 2009-Aug-9, at 3:57 pm, Tim Bunce wrote:
 Perhaps it's worth asking what we might call the release after that  
 one.
 Rakudo not-quite-so-lite?

 Rakudo ** (aka Rakudo Exponentiation)?  Though I think Patrick is  
 optimistic that development will proceed exponentially enough that a  
 single interim release will be enough to hold us over until Christmas.

I'm not sure I'm quite THAT optimistic.  :-)  We may end up with 
multiple interim releases in the Rakudo Star series before we reach 
Christmas.  (And yes, they may even be *+1, *+2, etc.)

In some ways I'm starting to think of Star (or whatever designation
we end up using) as a label for a series of interim releases in the
same sense that NASA used Gemini as the label for the program
came between Mercury and Apollo.  

In other words, Star may really end up being a designation for a 
program of planned releases with certain major objectives that 
cumulatively lead up to the ultimate goal of a full Perl 6 release.

The precise details are still a little ill-formed in my head at the 
moment, but as they come together (and are expressed in planning 
documents) I'll be blogging or writing about them appropriately.

Pm