Re: Rationale for a VM + compiler approach instead of an interpreter?

2014-12-07 Thread Tim Bunce
On Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 07:58:06AM +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > I am training for computer science, and as a "rite of passage", my > mentor + guide has asked me to write either an interpreter or a > compiler for any language of my choice. Would prefer to work on Perl6. Perhaps write either an

Re: File content is not written if close not called

2012-07-17 Thread Tim Bunce
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:38:32AM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 05:36:58PM +0300, Gabor Szabo wrote: > > The following script leaves and epty 'data.txt' behind. > > Only if I call $fh.close is the file contents saved. > > > > Is this a feature? > > > > use v6; > > >

Re: Runtime Role Issues

2006-10-11 Thread Tim Bunce
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 01:31:59PM -0700, Ovid wrote: > Hi all, > > In doing a bit of work with traits (roles) in Perl 5 > (http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=577477), I've realized some edge cases > which could be problematic. > > First, when a role is applied to a class at runtime, a instance of tha

Re: Revised Perl++ Wiki Proposal / $1k bounty

2006-06-22 Thread Tim Bunce
On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 08:29:54AM -0700, Conrad Schneiker wrote: > Here's my latest proposal. Feedback welcome. > > I propose to install twiki (http://www.twiki.org/) on Feather. This is > a GPL'd Perl-based industrial-strength wiki. This would serve as the > general Perl 6 wiki, aka Perl++. I