Re: A concept for Exceptions

2002-10-22 Thread Piers Cawley
Luke Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:33:28 -0400 I like the idea of this. The finer details, like returning what to do, could be more elegant. But the extensibility idea is golden. To change how certain exceptions

Re: Character Properties

2002-10-22 Thread Erik Steven Harrison
-- On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:49:57 Dan Sugalski wrote: Almost. At least perl 5's macros look like C. Emacs' macro horrors make C look like Lisp... This is because C is _clearly_ a dialect of Lisp . . . -Erik -- Dan

Re: Character Properties

2002-10-22 Thread Larry Wall
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Erik Steven Harrison wrote: : On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:49:57 : Dan Sugalski wrote: : : Almost. At least perl 5's macros look like C. Emacs' macro horrors : make C look like Lisp... : : This is because C is _clearly_ a dialect of Lisp . . . Yeah, look at all the extra

Perl 6 Summary for last week

2002-10-22 Thread Piers Cawley
The Perl 6 Summary for the week ending 20021020 I'm sorry to have to inform you that I've returned from my holiday (no, base jumping and paragliding were *not* involved) and that this week's summary will not be written by the estimable Leon Brocard. Sorry about that. Leon is