> I agree with Tuomas' assessment. We would certainly love to dispense
> with
> the need for PDL if perl6 offered something along these lines.
> But PDL is much more than an efficient memory representation for typed
> N-D arrays. Above Jeremy suggests that most of the rest of the PDL core
> is alr
Tuomas Lukka wrote:
> > Do we really need PDL objects in perl 6? How about we investigate building
> > compact arrays into the language? We're already talking about how we can add
> > typing to the language--I would have thought that if these semantics make it
> > in, we could look to optimise ho
On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Jeremy Howard wrote:
> > > > * Built-ins: min() and max() functions and acceptors
> > > >
> > > > * Built-ins: reduce() function
> > > >
> > > > * Subroutines: lazy evaluation of argument lists
> > > >
> > > > * Superpositions: vector operations via superpositions
> >
> > Co
> > > * Built-ins: min() and max() functions and acceptors
> > >
> > > * Built-ins: reduce() function
> > >
> > > * Subroutines: lazy evaluation of argument lists
> > >
> > > * Superpositions: vector operations via superpositions
>
> Couldn't see those either. Could you refer to the actual RFC #s,
Jeremy Howard wrote:
> Make sure you read the interesting RFCs from Damian Conway on related
> issues:
>
> > * Built-ins: min() and max() functions and acceptors
> >
> > * Built-ins: reduce() function
Couldn't see these.
> >
> > * Data structures: Semi-finite (lazy) lists
> >
> > * Subroutines
> I'd thought I try to summarize what has come up so far and see if we can
> find somebody who can write some RFCs.
>
Terrific--thanks!
Make sure you read the interesting RFCs from Damian Conway on related
issues:
> * Built-ins: min() and max() functions and acceptors
>
> * Built-ins: reduce() f
I'd thought I try to summarize what has come up so far and see if we can
find somebody who can write some RFCs.
1) the XS replacement should provide for a way to publish (C-level) APIs
across modules. That would get around the hacks that Tk, PDL, OpenGL,
etc have to go through at the moment. Good
