On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Peter Scott pe...@psdt.com wrote:
We need multiple paths. The term beginner creates problems
I meant beginner with respect to Perl 6, but I think that Peter
basically paraphrased my arguments about the problem.
Although programming experience is an important
On Tue, 22 May 2012 19:35:34 -0400, Parrot Raiser wrote:
The problem we have is to provide a path for learning 6, that presents a
comprehensible but useful subset of the language to the average user as
soon as possible, while leading the programmer with more complex needs,
(and greater
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 6:00 AM, Moritz Lenz mor...@faui2k3.org wrote:
I'd still start with simple script files, because that's what most
programmers are most familiar with.
I'd do them in Huffman order; the interpreter involves the least
typing to start, and it's useful for demonstrating
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 01:54:53PM -0500, B. Estrade wrote:
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 03:38:48PM +0800, Xiao Yafeng wrote:
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Nicholas Clark n...@ccl4.org wrote:
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 08:44:30AM -0500, B. Estrade wrote:
Realistically, that's not
Am 26.05.2012 21:12, schrieb Parrot Raiser:
There are a lot of programmers who know several programming languages already,
and who don't want to read a whole page on how to print 'Hello World', 5 pages
on
if-statements and while-loops and another 10 pages explaining lists and
iteration.
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 05:34:18AM +0530, Siddhant Saraf wrote:
Rakud[o] is not _the_ reference implementation of Perl 6. Actually, there is
no reference implementation for Perl 6. There never will be. Whoever wants
to make a perl6 implementation is free to do so. Just follow the spec and
you
There are a lot of programmers who know several programming languages already,
and who don't want to read a whole page on how to print 'Hello World', 5
pages on
if-statements and while-loops and another 10 pages explaining lists and
iteration.
However experienced a programmer may be,
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 03:38:48PM +0800, Xiao Yafeng wrote:
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Nicholas Clark n...@ccl4.org wrote:
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 08:44:30AM -0500, B. Estrade wrote:
Realistically, that's not going to happen. The internals of the Perl 5
interpreter are not
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Nicholas Clark n...@ccl4.org wrote:
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 08:44:30AM -0500, B. Estrade wrote:
Realistically, that's not going to happen. The internals of the Perl 5
interpreter are not flexible enough to implement a lot of the features
that
Perl 6 has
On 05/23/2012 03:35 AM, Parrot Raiser wrote:
Perl 6 is awesome.
agreed
snip
In short, Perl 6 is awesome: Extremely impressive or daunting, inspiring awe.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/awesome?view=uk
That is a problem, if we want to get it adopted widely and quickly.
Not convinced
My point is that while it
started out as a way to improve/formalize Perl 5, it's developed
sufficiently to the point where it is its own language and not the
next version of 'perl'.
But it is still a version of Perl. It might not be the next version of
Perl, but it certainly the sixth version
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 08:44:30AM -0500, B. Estrade wrote:
As an outside observer and long time fan, Perl 6 for me is more of a
formalization of the Perl language as it evolved (greatly influenced
by non-languages, such as Unix itself and natural language goals).
But, the truth is that it's
Hallo Parrot,
we are well aware that the documentation for Perl 6 is quite lacking.
Any contributions in that area are greatly appreciated.
Am 23.05.2012 01:35, schrieb Parrot Raiser:
The problem we have is to provide a path for learning 6, that presents a
comprehensible but useful subset
First, yes, Perl 6 is awesome. Everything that's come out as a result
of this effort is awesome. The rest is inline below.
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:32:35AM +0200, Moritz Lenz wrote:
Hallo Parrot,
we are well aware that the documentation for Perl 6 is quite lacking.
Any contributions in
Hello Estarde,
(since I'm the 'new' guy in the community, I think only I have the energy
to explain it to you :-)
Well, try to think of Perl 6 as a human. Of course you can change a
person's name, but who will go to the trouble of it all? eh? After all, we
all know how some Mr. XYZ father likes
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