On 14 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What other P6 features are considered "big win" motivators to start > using P6 by others?
I think the new grammar feature (to me, it's very similar to what Parse::RecDescent does today, but P::RD has problems and it's slow as noted by others) is going to make Perl 6 an even better tool. I wrote an article about it some time ago: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-cpregex.html I would also recommend the Perl 6 Essentials book, which I reviewed here (a new edition has come out since): http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-cpbooks.html?ca=dgr-perlw02PerlBooks Function parameters are nice in Perl 6. Also, continuations are going to be fun. Besides the big features, I think little things like the zip operator make Perl 6 an even better language than Perl 5. You really have to use it for a little bit before you can "feel" how it's better than Perl 5 (and some people may not feel that at all). Here's another review of "Perl 6 Essentials" by Piers Cawley that talks about why Perl 6 is nice too: http://www.bofh.org.uk/articles/read/11 Ted _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
