RE: Configger this.

2001-12-07 Thread Brent Dax
Bryan C. Warnock: # Is there any reason why we couldn't break up configure (when # it comes into # being) into chunks? # # The last 5.7.2 grab I have puts the current one at 17.5 Klines. It's # weighty, a beast to maintain, and a beast to keep running # through (should # something break

Re: Configger this.

2001-12-07 Thread Bryan C. Warnock
On Friday 07 December 2001 03:32 am, Brent Dax wrote: I have no idea how many times this has been suggested. :^) Well, then one more is a relatively small burden to bear. ;-) Seriously, the only problem I can see with it is that the modules will have to be run in a specific order. If you

Re: Configger this.

2001-12-07 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Bryan C. Warnock wrote: On Friday 07 December 2001 03:32 am, Brent Dax wrote: I have no idea how many times this has been suggested. :^) Dependency-ish rules, a la make. Maybe even tied into the actual build itself. I don't think getting them to run in the right

Re: Configger this.

2001-12-07 Thread Bryan C. Warnock
On Friday 07 December 2001 08:43 am, Andy Dougherty wrote: Funny you should mention that, because Perl's Configure does things in order determined by 'Dependency-ish rules, a la make'. Configure is indeed built in just the way you suggest. Except, of course, for being one big honking file.

Re: Configger this.

2001-12-07 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Bryan C. Warnock wrote: On Friday 07 December 2001 08:43 am, Andy Dougherty wrote: Funny you should mention that, because Perl's Configure does things in order determined by 'Dependency-ish rules, a la make'. Configure is indeed built in just the way you suggest.

Re: Configger this.

2001-12-07 Thread Bryan C. Warnock
On Friday 07 December 2001 09:18 am, Andy Dougherty wrote: Except, of course, for being one big honking file. That's a mere implementation detail :-). (Though one that's admittedly quite intimidating!) It isn't one big file until the very very end step. There's no reason it couldn't be a

Re: Configger this.

2001-12-07 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Bryan C. Warnock wrote: On Friday 07 December 2001 09:18 am, Andy Dougherty wrote: The key idea is that the pumpkin holder runs 'make' ONCE to determine the dependencies and record the proper order to run the units in a file. End-users don't have to redetermine that

Re: Parrot FAQ

2001-12-07 Thread Nathan Torkington
Piers Cawley writes: I got some mail from a publisher off the back of my 'Not Just for Damians' article asking if I'd like to write a perl 6 book for them. Must reply really. Sure, I'd be glad to write about perl 6. Do you also want to know the next Lotto numbers, who'll win the Grand

Re: Parrot FAQ

2001-12-07 Thread Piers Cawley
Nathan Torkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Piers Cawley writes: I got some mail from a publisher off the back of my 'Not Just for Damians' article asking if I'd like to write a perl 6 book for them. Must reply really. Sure, I'd be glad to write about perl 6. Do you also want to know the

Parrot Smoke Dec 6 20:00:01 2001 UTC hpux 11.00

2001-12-07 Thread H . Merijn Brand
I will not post these until status changes in order not to clutter the list. Assume succes on HP-UX 11.00 until a report proves different. Automated smoke report for patch Dec 6 20:00:01 2001 UTC v0.02 on hpux - 11.00 using cc version B.11.11.02 O = OK F = Failure(s), extended

Re: Configger this.

2001-12-07 Thread Michael Maraist
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Andy Dougherty wrote: On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Bryan C. Warnock wrote: On Friday 07 December 2001 08:43 am, Andy Dougherty wrote: Funny you should mention that, because Perl's Configure does things in order determined by 'Dependency-ish rules, a la make'. Configure is

Re: parrot on VMS

2001-12-07 Thread Simon Cozens
On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 02:08:45PM -0500, Gregor N. Purdy wrote: I'd still like to check in an updated queens.pasm, although, I'd be happy to wait while this problem is fixed since there aren't other tests of the rotate op. I think Jako is confused about what 'rotate' rotates - we now have a

Re: parrot on VMS

2001-12-07 Thread Gregor N. Purdy
Simon -- I'd still like to check in an updated queens.pasm, although, I'd be happy to wait while this problem is fixed since there aren't other tests of the rotate op. I think Jako is confused about what 'rotate' rotates - we now have a control stack and a generic stack. 'save',

Re: parrot on VMS

2001-12-07 Thread Simon Cozens
On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 03:39:26PM -0500, Gregor N. Purdy wrote: I'll overlay queens.pasm with a newly generated one. Works beautifully, thanks. -- Some people claim that the UNIX learning curve is steep, but at least you only have to climb it once.