Thus it was written in the epistle of Jeremy Howard,
> J. David Blackstone said:
> > Prior to version 5, all implementations of Perl were designed with
> > only dynamic variables in mind. Perl5 provided lexical variables in a
> > backward compatible way. Perl6 should make lexical variables the default.
> > ...
> That's certainly a nice idea. However, a lot of scripts will break if you do
> this (we wouldn't reach the 80% of scripts 100% compatible, I'm pretty
> sure).
Since compatibility is to be acheived through conversion of the code, I think
that we could pretty easily write a converter which would remove the 'my' for
my variables and add a 'dynamic $variable' for the ones which need it,
reaching well over the 80%.
Just my guess,
Ted
--
Ted Ashton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Info Sys, Southern Adventist University
==========================================================
To arrive at the simplest truth, as Newton knew and practiced, requires
years of contemplation. Not activity. Not reasoning. Not calculating. Not
busy behaviour of any kind. Not reading. Not talking. Not making an effort.
Not thinking. Simply bearing in mind what it is one needs to know. And yet
those with the courage to tread this path to real discovery are not only
offered practically no guidance on how to do so, they are actively
discouraged and have to set abut it in secret, pretending meanwhile to be
diligently engaged in the frantic diversions and to conform with the
deadening personal opinions which are continually being thrust upon them.
-- Brown, George Spencer (1923 - )
==========================================================
Deep thoughts to be found at http://www.southern.edu/~ashted
