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Re: execution platform object? gestalt?

TSa (Thomas Sandlaß)
Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:42:15 -0700

Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
This is similar to the OS-9's "gestalt" tables, which got smarter as
the operating system had more features, but was a consistent way to
ask "do we have a color monitor here?".

Is something like this already planned?

From my bubble in the Perl6 Universe this thing is an unbound
symbolic reference $::("to The Type System").

Welche Gestalt es bisher angenommen hat weiss ich nicht.

But it should be capable to appear in any(@form) to help
all(@us) where {any(@us) != ::United::States of America}. :)
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$TSa.greeting := "HaloO"; # mind the echo!