On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 14:28 -0600, Jonathan Rockway wrote: > On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 10:44 -0800, Bill Ward wrote: > > Experimenting with the language itself should be reserved for new > > development such as Perl 6, not for trying to add yet more layers on > > top of Perl 5. > > Hi. Nobody cares about your opinion on this matter. Many perl5
I do. > experiments have been quite successful; for example, Moose. CPAN is also littered with failed experiments. > > The great thing about Perl is you can choose what to use. Don't like True but it is also a weakness in some environments. > macros? Don't use 'em. Don't like people using macros in CPAN modules? > Don't use 'em. Trying to control what other people think and do will > get you nothing except flames. I think you could be a bit more charitable in your interpretation of Bill's opinions. He certainly didn't manage to "control" you very well. Because perl modules can install their own dependencies, his concern is other people affecting *his* choices. > > Regards, > Jonathan Rockway -- --gh
