Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread Aaron Sherman
On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 03:22, Larry Wall wrote: > [...] RFC 74 proposes the same thing. But I classified it under > Apocalypse 11, Modules, which we skipped over to get to Objects > first. So it hasn't actually been discussed much. [...] > most exportation will be done simply by marking the routine

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread chromatic
On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 09:31, Aaron Sherman wrote: > And in it Apocalypse #26 was mentioned. Above, Larry mentions #11. At > first the rate of 1 apolcalypse per month seemed to support the idea > that Perl 6 would be defined within the next couple of years. However, > trending shows that this funct

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread Simon Cozens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aaron Sherman) writes: > At the current rate, the aforementioned apoc #11 will be out sometime > after I die, a frustrated old man who remembers the glory days of Perl > 3. The current rate is not going to be sustained; the Perl 6 class sytem is a massive thing, and once that's

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread Robin Berjon
chromatic wrote: With Apocalypse 12 (soon!) I'm sorry but this just begs for the question: (vaguely) how soon? :) I get all excited whenever I hear "Perl" and "six" in the same sentence, and it's building up to be unbearable ;) -- Robin Berjon

This week's summary

2004-02-26 Thread The Perl 6 Summarizer
The Perl 6 Summary for the week ending 20040222 Welcome to the latest belated Perl 6 Summary. I'm running late, so we'll just dive straight into perl6-internals Loading bytecode at runtime Last week Dan had specced out the rules for runtime loading of bytecode. This week, Leo Töt

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread Aaron Sherman
On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 12:57, Simon Cozens wrote: > > 1. Larry gets help in writing these (various degrees of delegation). > > I think we've been through this idea, no? I dropped off the face of the earth for a bit... sorry if I am re-hashing something old I did not see anything in the archives,

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 12:31:04PM -0500, Aaron Sherman wrote: : I cringe at what I'm about to ask because I know it's pushy, but thus is : the burden of my impatience and hubris... : : There was a document: : : TITLE : Apocalypse 1: The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good :

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 07:30:05PM +0100, Robin Berjon wrote: : chromatic wrote: : >With Apocalypse 12 (soon!) : : I'm sorry but this just begs for the question: (vaguely) how soon? :) Well, here's the rough outline. I still have to do some writing on multiple dispatch, overloading, and delegati

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread Mark J. Reed
chromatic> With Apocalypse 12 (soon!) RobinBerjon> how soon? :) LarryWall> here's the rough outline [indicating that it's pretty soon indeed] Cool! But now I'm a little confused - what happened to Apocalypses 8 through 11? :) -Mark

POD

2004-02-26 Thread Aaron Sherman
On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 14:26, Larry Wall wrote: > ch26/011.cf Examples encoded with =also for|begin|end POD commands > ch26/044 Bring Documentation Closer To Whatever It Documents > ch26/065 Add change bar functionality to pod > ch26/079 The Predefined POD Streams are C, C, and C >

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 02:50:50PM -0500, Mark J. Reed wrote: : chromatic> With Apocalypse 12 (soon!) : RobinBerjon> how soon? :) : LarryWall> here's the rough outline : : [indicating that it's pretty soon indeed] : : Cool! But now I'm a little confused - what happened to Apocalypses 8 : throug

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread chromatic
On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 11:50, Mark J. Reed wrote: > Cool! But now I'm a little confused - what happened to Apocalypses 8 > through 11? :) They were: - 8, References - 9, Data Structures - 10, Packages - 11, Modules Since 12, Objects is more important (and cover

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread Bennett Todd
2004-02-26T14:26:47 Larry Wall: > Well now, I remember Perl 0, sonny. Does that still exist anywhere? I don't have anything older than perl 1. > They don't make 'em like they used to... That they don't. On Bent Linux (my own distro, based on uClibc instead of glibc) I get ; ls -l perl1 perl5.8.

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread Simon Cozens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Wall) writes: > It's the coherence that I can't delegate, and if I tried to, we would > certainly end up with Second System Syndrome Done Wrong, instead of Done > Right. You know, it's statements like this that make it hard for even me to be curmudgeonly. > E7 is com

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread Simon Cozens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bennett Todd) writes: > 2004-02-26T14:26:47 Larry Wall: > > Well now, I remember Perl 0, sonny. > > Does that still exist anywhere? If nowhere else, Larry's got a copy IN HIS HEAD. :) -- I have heard that the universe does not support atomic operations (although I've not see

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread chromatic
On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 13:42, Simon Cozens wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Wall) writes: > > It's the coherence that I can't delegate, and if I tried to, we would > > certainly end up with Second System Syndrome Done Wrong, instead of Done > > Right. > You know, it's statements like this that m

Re: Perl 6 timeline?

2004-02-26 Thread Uri Guttman
> "SC" == Simon Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SC> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bennett Todd) writes: >> 2004-02-26T14:26:47 Larry Wall: >> > Well now, I remember Perl 0, sonny. >> >> Does that still exist anywhere? SC> If nowhere else, Larry's got a copy IN HIS HEAD. :) better than

Reviewers for "Perl 6 Essentials", 2nd. ed.

2004-02-26 Thread Allison Randal
It's that time of year again, and we're looking for reviewers for the 2nd edition of "Perl 6 Essentials". The review will start mid-March and last about a week. Drop me a message if you're interested. We may have to narrow down the list of volunteers a bit. 15 sets of comments is about the maximum