David Storrs wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the one thing that all those
projects have in common...well...Perl? And isn't Larry the guy to
whom we owe the existence of Perl? I'm not fortunate enough to be
using Perl in my job, but I'm still more than happy to pony up for a
donation,
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 02:21:58PM -0800, Austin Hastings wrote:
>
> --- David Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This is something along the lines of the applied research vs basic
> > research question. What Larry is doing pretty much amounts to basic
> > research that will help all of these
--- David Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 04:21:08PM -0800, Damian Conway wrote:
> > Paul Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I'll be pretty interested to discover what cause is deemed
> more
> > > deserving than Larry, Perl 6 or Parrot. The P still stands for
> Perl,
> >
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 04:21:08PM -0800, Damian Conway wrote:
> Paul Johnson wrote:
>
> > Well, I'll be pretty interested to discover what cause is deemed more
> > deserving than Larry, Perl 6 or Parrot. The P still stands for Perl,
> > right?
>
> True. But I suspect that TPF's position is that
On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 02:11:37AM +, Simon Cozens wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Johnson) writes:
> > That may well be true, but it seems to me that if people's jobs depend
> > on those projects then there is (or could be or should be) a source of
> > funding available, should such be requi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Johnson) writes:
> That may well be true, but it seems to me that if people's jobs depend
> on those projects then there is (or could be or should be) a source of
> funding available, should such be required, namely the companies who are
> (hopefully) making a profit on the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Damian Conway) writes:
> True. But I suspect that TPF's position is that, to many people, Perl 6 is
> far less important than mod_Perl, or DBI, or HTML::Mason, or POE, or
> PDL, or Inline, or SpamAssassin, or XML::Parser, or YAML, or the
> Slashcode, or any of a hundred other pro
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 04:21:08PM -0800, Damian Conway wrote:
> True. But I suspect that TPF's position is that, to many people, Perl 6 is
> far less important than mod_Perl, or DBI, or HTML::Mason, or POE, or PDL,
> or Inline, or SpamAssassin, or XML::Parser, or YAML, or the Slashcode, or
> an
Paul Johnson wrote:
Well, I'll be pretty interested to discover what cause is deemed more
deserving than Larry, Perl 6 or Parrot. The P still stands for Perl,
right?
True. But I suspect that TPF's position is that, to many people, Perl 6 is
far less important than mod_Perl, or DBI, or HTML::Ma
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 03:10:48PM -0800, Damian Conway wrote:
> It's my understanding that TPF is not intending to offer Larry (or Dan)
> another grant for 2003. They feel that too many people have come to see
> TPF's role and contribution to have been limited to Perl 6 (though
> funding Dan was
We should bear in mind that Larry has had some health issues.
And that he's currently unemployed with four children to support.
Other matters are taking precedence at the moment.
Hmm... If the Larry and the Perl Foundation would be agreeable. I'd just as
soon see a grant set up for Larry again t
From: Damian Conway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> We should bear in mind that Larry has had some health issues.
> And that he's currently unemployed with four children to support.
> Other matters are taking precedence at the moment.
Hmm... If the Larry and the Perl Foundation would be agreeable.
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