> >Also read Damien Conway's "Object Oriented Perl" if you want to go further.
>
> Unlike the famous title by Hesse, in this case that would be spelled
> DamiAn, actually. :-)
Yes, I'm named after a leper, not the AntiChrist ;-)
> I think I can with safely predict that sixth generation Perl will
> *not* elevate OO programming to compulsory and exclusionary use,
> as that would invalidate TMTOWTDI.
I will join Tom in that that prediction.
I will be putting forward a large number of proposals to improve Perl's
OO facilities (When? Before Christmas! ;-), but I would *hate* to see Perl
become just another OO language.
Damian