From: A. Pagaltzis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Ryan, Martin G [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-08-31 03:30]:
In certain problem domains each remains the language of choice.
They weren't aiming to solve as broad a range of problems as
perl does so one shouldn't expect them to have as high a
Jeff Stampes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My bigger concern with the Perl6 syntax is that they expect humans
to write it. This is a similar problem that Forth and Lisp had.
You see how widely used those are now...
It will always be difficult to compare Perl X against any other
language. Perl5
My bigger concern with the Perl6 syntax is that they expect humans to
write it. This is a similar problem that Forth and Lisp had. You see
how widely used those are now...
...
How would you respond?
I would expose and challenge the presumptions in the statement.
My bigger concern... Do
Thank you Martin, and everyone else. We've had several other
conversations, and I believe this boils down to just a natural
pessimist. She wants to see perl continue to be a widely adopted
successful language, and while she is willing to do whatever work it
takes to learn, she doesn't have
Since I came to programming after the days of Forth and Lisp being
prominent languages, I can't dispute nor concur with her statement. How
would you respond?
First, a bit of advice that convinced me to go with Perl 6 not only
philosophically, but practically too.
Go here:
* Jeff Stampes [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-08-29 17:00]:
Since I came to programming after the days of Forth and Lisp
being prominent languages, I can't dispute nor concur with her
statement. How would you respond?
By telling her that the comparison is flawed? Neither Lisp nor
Forth have anything
