Re: Standards bearers (was "Re: xml and perl 6")

2007-12-10 Thread chromatic
On Sunday 09 December 2007 22:04:30 Richard Hainsworth wrote: > I download pugs and parrot from > SVN repositories, written tests - one of which still hangs the > compilation of pugs. Indeed the test I wrote for pugs concerned the > ability of pugs to use existing CPAN modules. I have tried parro

Re: Standards bearers (was "Re: xml and perl 6")

2007-12-10 Thread Richard Hainsworth
A great relief. Fantastic. Where should I be looking to see what is happening. Is there some form of coordination of this module writing activity? Darren Duncan wrote: At 9:04 AM +0300 12/10/07, Richard Hainsworth wrote: Equally, Something to replace CGI or DBI will be essential to the uptak

Re: Standards bearers (was "Re: xml and perl 6")

2007-12-10 Thread Darren Duncan
At 9:04 AM +0300 12/10/07, Richard Hainsworth wrote: Equally, Something to replace CGI or DBI will be essential to the uptake of P6. I would far prefer to have a skilled and resourceful professional, such as yourself or Damian Conway write these modules than leave it to enthusiastic amateurs su

Re: Switch/Given and English, Was perl 6 grammar

2007-12-10 Thread Richard Hainsworth
I've never said that switch ... case was better than given ... when or that switch ... case was even a good construct. I have said that given ... when sounds weird as a construct (not mentionning the use of past participle and on top of that of an irregular verb). I understand the meaning and

Re: Standards bearers (was "Re: xml and perl 6")

2007-12-10 Thread Richard Hainsworth
Why thank you Mr. Chromatic! In between all my other activities, I have been trolling along this list from its inception, and followed eagerly every Appocalpse, Exegisis and Synopsis as soon as they came on line. I download pugs and parrot from SVN repositories, written tests - one of which st