Re: Proposed RFC for matrix indexing and slicing

[Karl Glazebrook]

Nathan Torkington wrote:
> I'm all for taking proposals on a particular subject (e.g., the PDL
> multidim matrix suggestions, or the lvalue subs suggestions) and
> giving the list a week to boil them down to one RFC that recommends an
> implementation and says what was rejected and why.

ok

 
> > the final decision should not be in the hands of one person.
> 
> I can't imagine this happening.  Perl's been well-served by Larry's
> taste and design sense, and (especially given the huge number of ideas
> and the diversity of thought that has gone into them :-) I
> (personally) would be wary of turning over some or all of the reins to
> anyone else.
> 
> Nat


I have a lot of respect for Larry, but as a scientist I distrust all this 
deference to one single authority.

I don't know if Larry has any experience in scientific programming of the
sort PDL tries to address.

Karl