On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:39:43 +0100, Tim Bunce wrote:
>> I think it'll take years, and much actual production experience building
>> Perl 6 modules before the community learns what works and what doesn't for a
>> Perl 6 API (let alone implementation). So trying to pin down a "properly
>> Perl-6-ish" API before Perl 6 is even through the language design process
>> strikes me as a Very Bad Idea.
>
>I remember the early years of Perl 5 development, when a new feature was
>added there'd be a period of over-zealous use followed by a hangover as
>all the problems and edge-cases became apparent.
>
>With Perl 6 there's going to be some almighty hangovers :)
Go ahead, implement it already. But it should be a side project, not
"the future of DBI". Like Topaz is not Perl6.
<http://www.perl.com/pub/a/1999/09/topaz.html>
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Bart.
