"Bryan C. Warnock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Simon Cozens wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:54:31AM +0000, Simon Cozens wrote:
> > > I categorically do *NOT* want perl6-internals to turn into a basic
> course in
> > > compiler design, purely for the benefit of those who know nothing
at
> all about
> > > what they're trying to achieve. I'd like Perl 6 to be a masterwork,
and
> > > masterworks require master craftsmen. If you want to partake in
> compiler
> > > design, it makes more than a little sense to find out how to do so.
> >
> > Guh, I shouldn't have said that, because I know exactly what'll
happen
> now:
> > people will accuse me of being elitist and reactionary and trying to
shut
> > people out who want to help.
>
> You don't want the compiler design to be a 'hands-on experiment' for us
> inexperienced folk? That's not elitist, that's pragmatic.
>
> You don't want this to be a learning experience - (corrections,
> observations,
> answers) - to the same? *That's* elitist.
LOL
Thanks, Bryan. An art that I haven't learned is to say so much with as few
words.
;-))
