On 11/17/2002 1:11 AM, Dave Storrs wrote:
Arrays know how to manage their own size; they will grow and shrink as
needed when you add or remove elements. You never need to worry about
whether an array has enough space to hold the number of elements you
are about to insert.
Reference to
James Mastros wrote:
On 11/17/2002 1:11 AM, Dave Storrs wrote:
Arrays know how to manage their own size; they will grow
and shrink as needed when you add or remove elements. You
never need to worry about whether an array has enough space
to hold the number of elements you are about to
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 08:38:55AM -0600, Garrett Goebel wrote:
: James Mastros wrote:
: On 11/17/2002 1:11 AM, Dave Storrs wrote:
: Arrays know how to manage their own size; they will grow
: and shrink as needed when you add or remove elements. You
: never need to worry about whether an
From: Dave Storrs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 02:29:38PM -0600, Garrett Goebel wrote:
It is interesting that no one has yet taken the time to
start defining the terms we're using.
Good point. I volunteered to be keeper of the glossary a while ago,
but I never
Dave Storrs writes:
Good point. I volunteered to be keeper of the glossary a while ago,
but I never actively started creating one. That said, let's make this
the first entry. Comments and constructive criticisms welcomed from
all comers.
I tryed to cut in stone ( but this is very
=-
=section assignment vs binding
=-
* A = B ;
assign means :
evaluate the *value* on the right hand side and
*distribute* it ( value ) among the containers ( which if
here is ( a liitle bit ) poished version of
http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-language%40perl.org/msg12393.html
just if somebody want to use it .
I left some of the comments by Damian Conway because when I tryed to (
thought of ) saying it myself , it lost clarity/brevity/intensity .
But
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 02:29:38PM -0600, Garrett Goebel wrote:
It is interesting that no one has yet taken the time to start defining the
terms we're using.
Good point. I volunteered to be keeper of the glossary a while ago,
but I never actively started creating one. That said, let's make
On (14/11/02 14:29), Garrett Goebel wrote:
From: Garrett Goebel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Glossary?
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:29:38 -0600
It is interesting that no one has yet taken the time to start defining the
terms we're using.
For instance what is a literal?
Stéphane Payrard wrote:
On (14/11/02 14:29), Garrett Goebel wrote:
It is interesting that no one has yet taken the time to
start defining the terms we're using.
For instance what is a literal?
Would everyone agree with the following definition?
A literal is the represention
On (14/11/02 16:21), Garrett Goebel wrote:
From: Garrett Goebel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Stéphane Payrard' [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Garrett Goebel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Glossary?
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:21:23 -0600
Stéphane Payrard wrote:
On (14/11/02 14
At 11:13 AM 7/12/2002 -0400, Mike Litherland wrote:
I've been lurking for a bit until I'm up to speed enough to help out. I'm
glad to see a glossary is forming of some of the terms newbies need, but
there are some things I think are missing.
First is that COW was discussed a few days (weeks?)
At 12:01 PM -0400 7/12/02, Melvin Smith wrote:
At 11:13 AM 7/12/2002 -0400, Mike Litherland wrote:
Next is that garbage collection should probably be listed under
it's acronym GC. Probably with a description of what it is and how
it works under Parrot.
Did you check docs/ and docs/pdds first?
Dan Sugalski writes:
At 12:01 PM -0400 7/12/02, Melvin Smith wrote:
Did you check docs/ and docs/pdds first? There may already be something
there. The glossary is probably a good idea anyway.
I added some definitions to glossary. I think the changes'll be
picked up on parrotcode.org around 4PM
At 10:27 AM -0700 7/12/02, Robert Spier wrote:
Dan Sugalski writes:
At 12:01 PM -0400 7/12/02, Melvin Smith wrote:
Did you check docs/ and docs/pdds first? There may already be something
there. The glossary is probably a good idea anyway.
I added some definitions to glossary. I think the
I've heard reports of rsync not working. I don't use it, so I dunno
there. If someone's got the proper incantation, or follows the
directions and it doesn't work (when you're *sure* you know what
you're doing) I'll update it appropriately.
Yes, this seems broken at the moment. I've opened a
Correct, I don't maintain the site, but I believe Robert has said he would
accept patches.
Yes, if people send me updates/diff/new content's, or just replace
this paragraph with this, I'll do the merges.
-R
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Spier) writes:
I've heard reports of rsync not working. I don't use it, so I dunno
there. If someone's got the proper incantation, or follows the
directions and it doesn't work (when you're *sure* you know what
you're doing) I'll update it appropriately.
Yes,
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