Another XS type of thing: Orchard/C

2000-11-15 Thread Nathan Torkington
--- start of forwarded message --- From: Ken MacLeod [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Orchard/C 0.2.3 preview release available Date: 15 Nov 2000 09:38:56 -0600 Half of the Perl interface into Orchard/C is complete, you can now call C functions and return C objects to

Re: Guidelines for internals proposals and documentation

2000-11-15 Thread John van V
Using the IBM article that Jarkko found as an example, core implementations of different languages may have more in common with each other than implemetations of the same language, I think PPC is actually significant enough so that it should not be painted into a perl-only corner. Seeing

Re: Guidelines for internals proposals and documentation

2000-11-15 Thread Adam Turoff
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 04:20:58PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote: I want perl 6's internal API to have the same sort of artistic integrity that the language has. That's not, unfortunately, possible with everyone having equal say. I'd like it to be otherwise, but that's just not possible with

Re: Guidelines for internals proposals and documentation

2000-11-15 Thread David Grove
Nat and I argued parts of this (I think this is included) at some length. Actually, I think I drove him crazy getting specifics out of this. Adam Turoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 05:59:40PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote: 6) Only a WG chair, pumpking, or one of the

Re: Guidelines for internals proposals and documentation

2000-11-15 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 11:35:56AM -0500, Adam Turoff wrote: On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 05:59:40PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote: 6) Only a WG chair, pumpking, or one of the principals (i.e. Me, Nat, or Larry, or our replacements) can mark a PDD as developing, standard, or superceded. This