On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 04:43:56PM -0400, Jerrad Pierce wrote: >Since everyone seems intent on breaking backward compatibility >(Okay, so no one is explicitly setting out to do so, it is merely often >dismissed as a non-issue). How about an RFC be done proposing that >perl6 ship with a module named Perl5. Which one can use to remedy >most breakings between the two? Which things would be included in it? Things I'm currently seeing are: localtime chop format and probably a bunch of others. If most of them are implemented in the standard library (eg Time::Object, Format, whatever) then could "use Perl5" just be a module bundle which imports all the necessary modules to get as much Perl 5 functionality as possible? And if so, should this be on -stdlib not -language? K. -- Kirrily Robert -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://netizen.com.au/ Open Source development, consulting and solutions Level 10, 500 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Phone: +61 3 9614 0949 Fax: +61 3 9614 0948 Mobile: +61 410 664 994