Re: RFC 126 (v2) Ensuring Perl's object-oriented future

2000-08-29 Thread Piers Cawley
Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Object-oriented features were added to Perl with version 5, and in many > >ways still appear somewhat "tacked on", with perhaps undue respect > >for the Old Ways of Perl 4. > > [NB: This is not a serious missive.] > > Hey, that Perl uses package

Re: RFC 126 (v2) Ensuring Perl's object-oriented future

2000-08-28 Thread John Siracusa
On 8/28/00 2:35 PM, Tom Christiansen wrote: >> Object-oriented features were added to Perl with version 5, and in many >> ways still appear somewhat "tacked on", with perhaps undue respect >> for the Old Ways of Perl 4. > > [NB: This is not a serious missive.] > > Hey, that Perl uses packages fo

Re: RFC 126 (v2) Ensuring Perl's object-oriented future

2000-08-28 Thread Tom Christiansen
>Object-oriented features were added to Perl with version 5, and in many >ways still appear somewhat "tacked on", with perhaps undue respect >for the Old Ways of Perl 4. [NB: This is not a serious missive.] Hey, that Perl uses packages for classes, subroutines for methods, and references for o

RFC 126 (v2) Ensuring Perl's object-oriented future

2000-08-28 Thread Perl6 RFC Librarian
This and other RFCs are available on the web at http://dev.perl.org/rfc/ =head1 TITLE Ensuring Perl's object-oriented future =head1 VERSION Maintainer: John Siracusa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Aug 16 2000 Last Modified: Aug 28 2000 Version: 2 Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED