Tim Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 11:35:20AM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 11:08:53AM +0100, Tim Bunce wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 12:23:34AM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote:
>> > > Of course, another approach is to embed the existing Perl5 interpreter
>> > > within the Perl 6 interpreter; Perl6 subs call glue which calls Perl subs
>> > > which calls perl5 XS.
>> >
>> > How would you deal with passing references?
>>
>> (wild hand waving follows)
>>
>> a perl6 reference is substituted with a perl5 scalar that has attached
>> magic that 'does the right thing'.
>
> I don't think that'll fly.
Not even if he flaps his hands really, really quickly?
--
Piers
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in
possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite."
-- Jane Austen?
