Re: Perl6 -> Raku? whats the scope?

2019-10-16 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Den 15-10-2019 kl. 17:49 skrev Andrew Shitov: To my opinion, should be done before this year's Christmas. At least everything that can be done by the "Perl 6 team" But after lunch. /kaare

Re: [perl #130478] multi doesn't work with 'is native'

2017-01-02 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
What does "doesn't work" mean? Please be specific about the problem and include your perl6 --version On my HEAD build the second one fails with Cannot invoke object with invocation handler in this context in sub getgrgid at test.p6 line 11 in block at test.p6 line 15 I'm not

Re: [perl #130478] AutoReply: multi doesn't work with 'is native'

2017-01-02 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Perhaps it would be an idea to include the error message: Cannot invoke object with invocation handler in this context in sub getgrgid at b line 11 in block at b line 15 and the perl6 --version This is Rakudo version 2016.12-118-g3baffe7 built on MoarVM version 2016.12-21-g3dc5647

Re: Startup performance on OS X

2016-10-03 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
On 2016-10-03 12:14, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote: Wrt to Pm’s timing of perl 5 with Moose: if you actually want to have most of Perl 6’s capabilities in Perl 5 with Moose, you will need to load quite a few MooseX:: classes as well. Which cannot have a positive effect on load time. Right. But

Re: Killer Features of Perl 6

2016-09-15 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Hi Tony Thank you all for your input - I have started writing my talk and will publish my slides when I'm done.I may even video the talk and publish that too How did it go (if I dare to ask)? /kaare

Re: Observations from a C++/Python developer that never used Perl5

2016-09-07 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Hi Joseph Welcome, and I hope you'll stick around. Now, I haven't had the time to dig into Perl 6 myself, only to poke at it from time to time. But, while waiting for people who know something to respond, I'll ask you to be a little concise in certain areas. * I can find no concise

Re: Graphical Toolkits

2016-08-26 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
On 2016-08-26 03:14, Timo Paulssen wrote: with Inline::Python you can use at least one of the Qt bindings python The Inline::* options are mostly interesting when porting or binding to existing applications, IMHO. But it's a valid point. Doesn't Perl 5 have some implementations as well?

Graphical Toolkits

2016-08-25 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Hi ISTM that right now the only option if you want to develop a graphical desktop application is GTK. At least it seems to be the only one on the modules list. You may very well correct me if I'm wrong. I'm thinking if anybody has any knowledge of other projects, perhaps Qt5, Wx, or any

Re: Perl 6 adoption

2016-06-29 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
On 2016-06-29 12:26, webmind wrote: On 28/06/16 05:26, Kaare Rasmussen wrote: In that vein, I'm surprised how easy it is to bind to C libraries. This could very well be a killer feature for Perl 6 compared to other high level languages. The resource usage has to come down to a reasonable level

Re: Perl 6 adoption

2016-06-27 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
On 2016-06-27 15:11, Parrot Raiser wrote: We should all be thinking about the "killer application" for Perl 6; the sort of job that is made so much easier by it that people will overlook all sorts of problems. In that vein, I'm surprised how easy it is to bind to C libraries. This could very

Perl 6 adoption

2016-06-27 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Hi List Now that 6c is 6 months old, I'm wondering if there is any sign of Perl 6 adoption in companies, startups, etc for professional use? It may be premature to expect any widespread professional use, but I would like to know more about what ecosystem we have. With "professional" I don't

Re: poll (3) (WAS select (3))

2016-04-30 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Den 01-05-2016 kl. 01:54 skrev Brandon Allbery: In fact, this is currently being discussed in IRC: OK; seems there's a way out. Thanks for the info; I'll look into it the next time I have a spare moment. /kaare

poll (3) (WAS select (3))

2016-04-30 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Den 30-04-2016 kl. 19:14 skrev Kaare Rasmussen: select(3) is an abysmal API. There's a reason most OSes replaced select(2) with a backward compatibility select(3) and moved on to something poll-like (look for poll(2) or epoll(2)). Well, it's not that I fare better with poll

Re: select (3)

2016-04-30 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Den 30-04-2016 kl. 17:20 skrev Brandon Allbery: I'm not sure; it's not documented :/ Also not sure offhand how endianness plays in to select()'s bit vectors if you build them by hand. Which leads to... One shouldn't probably be surprised to see endianness involved in what is described as a

Re: select (3)

2016-04-30 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Den 30-04-2016 kl. 15:57 skrev Brandon Allbery: Note that "nfds" is the highest fd number to check for, plus one. For the naïve implementation, you need to add one here. Right, it wasn't in this example, but it doesn't matter much. my $readfds = CArray[uint8].new(0, 2); What is this

Re: select (3)

2016-04-30 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Den 30-04-2016 kl. 10:35 skrev Kaare Rasmussen: Variations over [2] give inconclusive results, so I know I'm doing something (probably very basic) wrong. But what? The current incancation tries to dup the STDIN fd to 14, which should be the second last bit in the 2nd uint8. But I've tried

select (3)

2016-04-30 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Hi I've been playing on and off with the system call select (3) (http://linux.die.net/man/3/select) in order to learn a bit Perl 6 and NativeCall. But I get no traction, so I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong. Before I start I'd like to wonder a little about the fd usage of moar. Perl 5

Re: Google Summer of Code and Google Code In

2016-02-21 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
On 2016-02-20 10:54, Vytautas D wrote: Its a real shame. Thanks to all volunteers. But please do speak up earlier. I shouted on #soc-perl irc channel. Saw other people asking questions here and there. But not even a single reply or shout for help. Yeah, feels like a big opportunity for

Re: Most wanted module: Net::SMTP

2016-02-21 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
On 2016-02-20 20:50, Tom Browder wrote: I notice that module Net::SMTP is on the most wanted list and shown as a WIP. However, on a lark I decided to try: I guess you refer to https://github.com/perl6/perl6-most-wanted/blob/master/most-wanted/modules.md which seems to be a compilation of

Re: Google Summer of Code and Google Code In

2016-02-18 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
> I have not seen the schedule for signup for this year. I expect that we will participate again. Apparantly, deadline is very close for organizations now: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ I hope the People In Power knows and has it under control. /kaare

IRC channel (was: references and pointers jargon question)

2016-01-13 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
On 2016-01-14 06:39, ToddAndMargo wrote: I was on the IRC a few days back. I am a little bit unsure of what and how to use it. Seems like a bunch of one line questions and answers. It is. but the turn-around time is very low and the reply quality is very high. Also, you'll use nopaste for

Re: Perl 6 Module and Program File Extension Conventions?

2016-01-13 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
But I don't know why they still suggest to use any specific suffix. It's of now interest or value to the user in which language the program is written. /kaare Looking at the documentation, http://doc.perl6.org/language/modules see "Basic structure". On 1/12/16, Parrot Raiser

Re: Recalling previous commands

2016-01-02 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Hi Linenoise is included in Task::Star. https://github.com/tadzik/Task-Star/commit/8ff101ae15 So it's strange I had to install it after I installed rakudo, panda, and Task::Star. I guess things aren't really streamlined to perfection yet. /kaare

Re: Recalling previous commands

2016-01-01 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Hi Try Out Linenoise https://github.com/hoelzro/p6-linenoise/ panda install Linenoise Command history is essential to the user experience of a REPL. I wonder why Linenoise just isn't included in Task::Star (?) /kaare

Re: release?

2015-12-29 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Hi Darren On that note, are there going to be Perl 6 versions 6.x.y where {x,y} are integers? Will 6.0.0 be the first such one? -- Darren Duncan The next Perl 6 release will be called 6.d. Hopefully it will take a while before that happens. I hope there will be a lot of Rakudo releases in

Re: release?

2015-12-27 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
Hi webmind I'm a bit confused, there is a major release for Perl 6, but I know wonder if this is the 6.0.0 release or when this will be? I understand your confusion. Most people would expect something downloadable, and there is actually a Rakudo release to go. But 6.c is really the promise

Re: Missing documentation

2015-10-28 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
On 10/28/2015 08:31 PM, Parrot Raiser wrote: This Perl 5 to 6 Translation guide http://doc.perl6.org/language/5to6 is mentioned in several places, but returns a 404. Is it obsolete, or just misplaced? This one you're looking for? http://doc.perl6.org/language/5to6-nutshell.html