Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid of @%

[Damien Neil]

On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 05:36:25PM -0400, Karl Glazebrook wrote:
> My take: I like perl, I don't mind it the way it is. But I'd be happier if
> it was a lot more like python! (indentation aside)

Why, then, don't you just use Python?

I'm not being sarcastic.  Python is a very good language.  It has a
lot to recommend it.  I really don't know of any practical reasons
these days to choose Perl over Python (or vice-versa), other than
preferences for the syntax of one over the other.

Python's significant-whitespace might be an obstacle, but it really
isn't that bad once you get used to it.  (It is also, I believe,
going to become optional in the upcoming Python rewrite, which
shouldn't take any more time to wait for than the Perl 6 rewrite.)

Perl is Perl.  I happen to like Perl.  I don't think that Perl 6 should
be Python 4, and I'd be most surprised if the average Perl programmer
didn't agree with me -- after all, anyone who prefers Python is
probably using it.

> I guess the question arises - how radical is perl6 allowed to be?

Given that it will have the word "Perl" in its name, I would expect
it to bear a striking resemblance to the current language which
bears that name.

                       - Damien