Re: What is the origin of the nickname, Texas quotes?

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 11:25:14PM +, Andy Armstrong wrote: On 7 Dec 2007, at 23:19, Chas. Owens wrote: That is my take on it: Everything is bigger in Texas, even French Quotes. You know, from a complete outsider's perspective, I really prefer the Paris, Texas explanation :)

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, Texas quotes?

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:12:36PM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote: Larry Wall wrote: Good guess, but no. It comes from the fact that Texas always bragged about how they were the largest state in the union, and had the biggest everything, including ten-gallon hats. That was before we added Alaska.

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, Texas quotes?

2007-12-07 Thread Chas. Owens
On Dec 7, 2007 11:50 AM, Larry Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:12:36PM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote: Larry Wall wrote: Good guess, but no. It comes from the fact that Texas always bragged about how they were the largest state in the union, and had the biggest

Re: perl 6 grammar

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 02:47:05AM +0100, Juerd Waalboer wrote: : Jonathan Lang skribis 2007-12-06 16:36 (-0800): : I know it used to be that way back near the Dawn of Time, but methods : don't automatically topicalize anymore unless you explicitly name : one of the parameters '$_': : Huh.

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14472 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Fri Dec 7 15:26:16 2007 New Revision: 14472 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod Log: Some clarification of break semantics requested by dataweaver++ Generalize next, last, and break to use LABEL.leave($retval) syntax. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod