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

2007-12-06 Thread Thom Boyer
Larry Wall wrote: On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 09:36:36AM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote: From S02: The double angles may be written either with French quotes, «$foo @bar[]»||, or with "Texas" quotes, <<$foo @bar[]>>,|| as th

Re: Concurrency

2007-12-06 Thread David Brunton
Inadvertently replied to this off-list... Moritz wrote: >There's no need for any "keyword" to be in STD.pm. STD.pm just defines >the grammar. Syntactically fork will be like just another sub, so it can >safely be handled in the compiler's runtime. > >> * Where will C, C, and possible friends (e.g.

Re: Standards bearers (was "Re: xml and perl 6")

2007-12-06 Thread cdumont
Larry Wall wrote: Now, it might well be that a Perl standards body could specify a mininum suggested set of modules for any distribution to enhance interoperability, but we haven't got to that point yet, I don't think. This would be great though!! Even if it is afterward, it is still a lot b

Re: perl 6 grammar

2007-12-06 Thread Juerd Waalboer
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. I guess I need to review current standards for method > declaration

Re: perl 6 grammar

2007-12-06 Thread Jonathan Lang
Larry Wall wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:40:10AM -0800, Jonathan Lang wrote: > : or (I think): > : > : method test ($value) { > : setup(); > : when $value { doit() } #[smart-match the calling object $_ against > $value.] > : } > > I know it used to be that way back near the Dawn

Re: Pair notation for number radix

2007-12-06 Thread brian d foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Smylers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > brian d foy writes: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Larry Wall > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:28:48AM -0800, brian d foy wrote: > > > > > > : In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Larry Wal

Re: perl 6 grammar

2007-12-06 Thread Larry Wall
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:40:10AM -0800, Jonathan Lang wrote: : or (I think): : : method test ($value) { : setup(); : when $value { doit() } #[smart-match the calling object $_ against $value.] : } I know it used to be that way back near the Dawn of Time, but methods don't automatic

Re: Concurrency

2007-12-06 Thread Moritz Lenz
I'll try to reply as good as possible, but I'm sure others will do better. David Brunton wrote: > This last SOTO re-reminded me of what an inveterate fan I am of Perl 6. Wow. > > My question today is about concurrency. I can imagine how things like IPC > Mailboxes > (e.g. RFC 86) happen in mo

Concurrency

2007-12-06 Thread David Brunton
This last SOTO re-reminded me of what an inveterate fan I am of Perl 6. Wow. My question today is about concurrency. I can imagine how things like IPC Mailboxes (e.g. RFC 86) happen in modules. I can also imagine why Threads (e.g. RFC 1) should be in modules- given the obvious dependence on u

Re: Standards bearers (was "Re: xml and perl 6")

2007-12-06 Thread Larry Wall
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 07:43:25PM -0800, Peter Scott wrote: : I do feel strongly that we need some sort of solution to this so that Perl : 6 is not merely an outstanding framework that leaves all domain-specific : extensions to the end user. Perl 6 as a language doesn't address this (except to ke

Re: Standards bearers (was "Re: xml and perl 6")

2007-12-06 Thread Larry Wall
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 12:09:48PM +, Smylers wrote: : This isn't something which needs to influence language design -- in the : sense that it doesn't need to be sorted before the design can be final : and Perl 6 released. Well, and to the extent that it needs to influence language design, it

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

2007-12-06 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 09:36:36AM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote: > From S02: > > >The double angles may be written either with French quotes, «$foo >@bar[]»||, or with "Texas" quotes, <<$foo @bar[]>>,|| as the ASCII >wo

What is the origin of the nickname, "Texas quotes"?

2007-12-06 Thread Thom Boyer
From S02: The double angles may be written either with French quotes, «$foo @bar[]»||, or with "Texas" quotes, <<$foo @bar[]>>,|| as the ASCII workaround. ---

[OT][SPAM] Re: Pair notation for number radix

2007-12-06 Thread Paul Hodges
This is another great example of why I love this list. :o] I live in GA, so far out in the boonies that I can't get cable or broadband at *all* except for by satellite. I've stopped trying to explain what I do, because I start saying things like this, and they glaze and visibly regret it, lol