Re: Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-07-04 Thread Jonadab the Unsightly One
Iain Truskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Jonadab the Unsightly One ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [01 Jul 2003 23:41]: > > Iain Truskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Not the only one. And with Parrot being able to execute > > > Z-code, it might be sane to port Inform to Parrot! > > > Did you me

Re: Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-07-02 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 08:55:37AM +1000, Iain Truskett wrote: > * Jonadab the Unsightly One ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [01 Jul 2003 23:41]: > > Iain Truskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Not the only one. And with Parrot being able to execute > > > Z-code, it might be sane to port Inform to Parro

Re: Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-07-01 Thread Iain Truskett
* Jonadab the Unsightly One ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [01 Jul 2003 23:41]: > Iain Truskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Not the only one. And with Parrot being able to execute > > Z-code, it might be sane to port Inform to Parrot! > Did you mean port Inform to run on Parrot, or port Inform > to comp

Re: Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-07-01 Thread Jonadab the Unsightly One
Iain Truskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Not the only one. And with Parrot being able to execute Z-code, it > might be sane to port Inform to Parrot! Did you mean port Inform to run on Parrot, or port Inform to compile to parrot? If the former, that should be no problem. If the latter, I'm n

Re: Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-06-29 Thread Iain Truskett
* Jonadab the Unsightly One ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [30 Jun 2003 12:37]: [...] > The feature I'm most looking forward to in Perl6 is the improved > object model. One of my first languages was Inform [...], so I got > spoiled early in terms of what objects are supposed to be like. Not the only one. A

Re: Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-06-29 Thread Jonadab the Unsightly One
"Miko O Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - I'm looking forward to more Pure Perl modules. I frankly admit > that I don't like coding in C. Every time I download a module that > has compiled C code I feel like I'm stuck in some place where I want > to play baseball and everybody else wants

Re: Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-06-29 Thread Miko O Sullivan
On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 05:17:44 -0400, Gyan Kapur wrote > > reconstituted cheeseburger /me wonders if pitching Perl6 as a "reconstituted cheeseburger" is going to sell it to the world. :-) -Miko Miko O'Sullivan Programmer Analyst Rescue Mission of Roanoke

Re: Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-06-29 Thread Gyan Kapur
Simon Cozens writes: > I've been using an 85%-complete Perl 6 in production for the past five > years. It's called Perl 5. ;) Unfortunately, although Perl 5 may be 85% of Perl 6, it is the 85% that has been sliced up so many times that it's now looking like a sloppy Joe. The trick with perl 6 is

Re: Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-06-29 Thread Simon Cozens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Scott Duff) writes: > My only dream is that by this time next year we have a fully- > functional-people-can-use-it-in-production Perl6. It doesn't even > have to be 100% complete; I think just 85% would be enough if it were > the right 85%. I've been using an 85%-compl

Re: Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-06-28 Thread Piers Cawley
Rafael Garcia-Suarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jonathan Scott Duff wrote in perl.perl6.language : >> >> My only dream is that by this time next year we have a fully- >> functional-people-can-use-it-in-production Perl6. It doesn't even >> have to be 100% complete; I think just 85% would be en

Re: Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-06-28 Thread Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Jonathan Scott Duff wrote in perl.perl6.language : > > My only dream is that by this time next year we have a fully- > functional-people-can-use-it-in-production Perl6. It doesn't even > have to be 100% complete; I think just 85% would be enough if it were > the right 85%. 20% would be enough if

Re: Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-06-28 Thread Jonathan Scott Duff
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 10:50:40PM -0400, Miko O Sullivan wrote: > It would be interesting to hear your Perl6 daydreams. My only dream is that by this time next year we have a fully- functional-people-can-use-it-in-production Perl6. It doesn't even have to be 100% complete; I think just 85% would

Perl6 Daydreams (on topic but frivolous)

2003-06-28 Thread Miko O Sullivan
Ah, summertime (at least here in the northern hemisphere). The language list has slowed down to a trickle, hopefully because everybody is relaxing in a cool place, idly sipping non-alcoholic spritzers next to some special person, reading low-brow literature (or, as in my case, Apoc 6). This is