Re: Starting to make things final

2004-08-05 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Dan Sugalski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Python and PHP are both near-beta ready From which end of the alphabet are you counting, and BTW, which languages's alphabet are you using here. SCNR, leo

Re: Starting to make things final

2004-08-05 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 4:10 PM +0200 8/5/04, Leopold Toetsch wrote: Dan Sugalski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Python and PHP are both near-beta ready From which end of the alphabet are you counting, and BTW, which languages's alphabet are you using here. Greek, and from the beginning. I know what state your code's

Re: Starting to make things final

2004-08-04 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 5:13 PM -0700 8/3/04, Gregor N. Purdy wrote: Dan -- Thanks for mentioning Jako. It usually gets no respect. :) But, I think Jako is working for some definition of working. But, it is clearly not an idiomatic compiler in that its using old conventions (not surprising, given its history). I think

Starting to make things final

2004-08-03 Thread Dan Sugalski
In what's seems a rather bizarre twist, Parrot's getting production ready. Yes, I find this really strange, and no, I'm not even talking about my work project, though I probably should. Python and PHP are both near-beta ready, and Span looks... well, it looks damn nice. As such, I think we're

Re: Starting to make things final

2004-08-03 Thread Gregor N. Purdy
Dan -- Thanks for mentioning Jako. It usually gets no respect. :) But, I think Jako is working for some definition of working. But, it is clearly not an idiomatic compiler in that its using old conventions (not surprising, given its history). Did I miss the creation of the compiler-writer list? I

Re: Starting to make things final

2004-08-03 Thread Melvin Smith
At 05:13 PM 8/3/2004 -0700, Gregor N. Purdy wrote: Did I miss the creation of the compiler-writer list? I need to figure No, we are still holding our breath (and turning blue, purple, green, ...) Btw, I'll poke the Cola rewrite I have here and see where it stands. It gathered a bit of dust in the