>Well, I'm not really interested in Perl at all. If all Parrot can do is
>allow me to write a languge that is basically Perl, then I'm not
interested
>in Parrot either.
>
>I think it may be a good idea to wait until the Parrot folks have their
>product and web site a little better documented and
On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 10:03:53AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Well, I'm not really interested in Perl at all. If all Parrot can do is
> allow me to write a languge that is basically Perl, then I'm not interested
> in Parrot either.
To be fair, Uri did say "and other dynamic languages". And
Uri Guttman
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> "DL" == David Leeper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DL> If I know what I want to destroy and when, can I just turn off Parrot's
DL> automatic garbage collector/memory compactor and send it instructons on
DL> what I want deleted?
i have to jump in here because i am seeing the classic dis
>This is exactly the right way to do things in Java. In Java, you
>can open hundreds of files, and never trigger any gc, since each
>file object is very small. Unless you explicit close file, you
>will be dead very quickly.
Although your point is taken, I think in this case it is the programmer
>
> Dan
>Sugalski
>
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> > cc:
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> This changes the way a programmer writes code. A C++ class
> and function that uses the class looks like this:
>
> class A
> {
> public:
> A(){...grab some resources...}
> ~A(){...release the resources...}
> }
>
> void f()
> {
> A a;
> ... use a's resources ...
> }
>
> ..
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Few More Questions)
01/25/02 03:43
ing with those objects as you've already destroyed them and thus
left nothing for the DOD sweep to do)
> "Bryan
>C.
>
> Warnock" To:
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>
Hong Zhang
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> I believe the main difficulty comes from heading into uncharted waters.
For
> example, once you've decided to make garbage collection optional, what
does
> the following line of code mean?
>
> delete x;
If the above code is compiled to Parrot, it probably equivalent to
x->~Destructor()
"Bryan C.
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> > Thanks for the nice example, except I understand the issue you
> > are speaking of, I was basically asking what parts of it do you think
> > are more "difficult" to implement than any other major construct?
>
> I believe the main diffic
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>From what I've seen, supporting both garbage collection and true stack
>variables is a difficult task.
Why is that?
-Melvin Smith
IBM :: Atlanta Innovation Center
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Simon Cozens
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On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 10:18:56AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 1) Does Parrot support multiple inheritance?
> 2) Does Parrot support stack variables or is everything allocated on the
> heap?
There's an easy way to answer these questions for yourself.
"Does Parrot support X?" == "Does any la
Thanks to everyone for their information on Parrot. A couple more questions
have come to mind.
1) Does Parrot support multiple inheritance?
2) Does Parrot support stack variables or is everything allocated on the
heap?
Thanks again.
Dave
Who is the keeper of the FAQ? This is gold.
--Josh
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Date:Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:35:05 -0800
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On Thursday 24 January 2002 14:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've been watching the Parrot development with interest and have a few
> questions about Parrots capabilities.
Brent and Dan have already answered, so I'm going to be so foolish as to
answer, too.
>Will Parrot support operator ov
[Brent's answered some of these already, but I'll fill in the blanks.
Also some of the answers presume a fully-implemented engine, which we
don't have yet]
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>I've been watching the Parrot development with interest and have a few
>questions about
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# I've been watching the Parrot development with interest and have a few
# questions about Parrots capabilities.
#
#Will Parrot support templates (also known as generics)?
If you mean like C++ templates, then the answer is that it's up to the
language. There won't be anyth
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