Re: Perl, the new generation

2001-05-15 Thread Stephen P. Potter
Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and Larry Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] whispered: | Peter Scott writes: | : So, I wonder aloud, do we want to signify that degree of change with a more | : dramatic change in the name? | | I'm inclined to think that people will be more likely to migrate if | they

perlsmall (was Re: Perl, the new generation)

2001-05-15 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 03:01:47PM -0400, Stephen P. Potter wrote: It seems to me that recently (the last two years or so) and especially with 6, perl is no longer the SAs friend. It is no longer a fun litle language that can be easily used to hack out solutions to problems. See, I have a

Re: perl5 to perl6

2001-05-15 Thread Simon Cozens
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 03:22:04PM -0400, Stephen P. Potter wrote: This is quite a simple little script. The majority of the changes that are being talked about won't ever show up in this. It'd be nice if you could show something a little more complex. The problem is that some people are