On 8/30/22 13:34, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
Hi Todd,
Long time no see.
Re your 'keeper'. There is a reason why things are called the way they
are in Raku (aka Perl6). BEGIN is NOT a special subroutine.
BEGIN is a phaser. And it introduces a block. Blocks are not subroutines
(subs). Even
Will larry wall himself respond: help. I read parts of Programming Perl.
Respect for artificial languages and the mathematicians that implement. I need
friends that are smart, understand computer engineering and the dangers of
playing Dungeons' and Dragons.
I am intelligent and defiantly
Hi Todd,
Long time no see.
Re your 'keeper'. There is a reason why things are called the way they
are in Raku (aka Perl6). BEGIN is NOT a special subroutine.
BEGIN is a phaser. And it introduces a block. Blocks are not subroutines
(subs). Even though blocks and subs (and methods and
On 8/30/22 07:45, Parrot Raiser wrote:
Surely Jonathan Worthington (or one of the other people who've worked
on the compiler) would be in a better position to answer this sort of
question.
Assuming that you write in a normal "interpreted-language" style,
(i.e. gradually adding features,
Surely Jonathan Worthington (or one of the other people who've worked
on the compiler) would be in a better position to answer this sort of
question.
Assuming that you write in a normal "interpreted-language" style,
(i.e. gradually adding features, testing, and moving on to the next
one, do you
