On Apr 22, 2014, at 7:21 PM, Damian Conway wrote:
>> It's an awesome language, which is exactly the problem. "Inspiring
>> awe" is not far from inducing panic and terror, especially in people
>> who aren't feeling too confident in the first place. We want to be
>> accessible to the people who sta
> It's an awesome language, which is exactly the problem. "Inspiring
> awe" is not far from inducing panic and terror, especially in people
> who aren't feeling too confident in the first place. We want to be
> accessible to the people who start looking nervous when the modulus
> operator is added
>> 1. For the last few years almost all discussion is entirely on #perl6.
>
> Which seems to be working extremely well...just not for me. I can't
> manage to track these discussions (even via the logs). I find the
> interleaving of multiple threads utterly impossible to cope with.
>
Thank you for s
Damian Conway writes:
> I have no confidence yet, however, that Perl 6 will be widely taken up
> as a CS teaching language. ... the decision on a teaching language
> usually reflects either the personal biases of the individual teacher,
> or those of the curriculum committee, or else mirrors the m
Raiph Mellor wrote:
> The .kxxv method name is a placeholder.
Phew! Thanks for taking the time to respond and
explain, Raiph.
> The brief discussion that motivated introducing it is at:
> http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2014-04-13#i_8582049
>
> Larry has chimed in at:
> http://irclog.perlgeek.d
On 2014-April-13, at 11:03 pm, Damian Conway wrote:
>> Spec Bag.kxxv
> It's a clever name...but maybe too clever?
> I find it unfortunate that a method that only returns keys has a 'v'in its
> name.
> Up to now, we've had a more predictable pattern to naming these accessors.
It could be called "
Hi Damian,
The .kxxv method name is a placeholder.
The brief discussion that motivated introducing it is at:
http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2014-04-13#i_8582049
Larry has chimed in at:
http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2014-04-14#i_8582684
---
Another discussion that's unfolding rig
> Spec Bag.kxxv
It's a clever name...but maybe too clever?
I find it unfortunate that a method that only returns keys has a 'v'
in its name.
Up to now, we've had a more predictable pattern to naming these accessors.
How about one of:
.weighted-keys
.distribution
instead???
And wha
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