Re: Perl6 burns 18% fewer calories
Adam Kennedy wrote: My god! What is this wonderful module of which you speak? Text::TypingEffort is available on CPAN. Finally a chance to help in the argument that ideas that try to force less characters in a huffman-inspired nightmare might make life worse from a actually typing it in real life sense. Similar questions were part of my motivation for writing the module. I wonder if handles different keyboard, I'd like to the differences in using Perl between the different country keyboards. Especially those poor nordics with the / and $ in funny places :) The module handles different keyboard layouts fairly easily. There's a function register_layout() that lets you specify your own layouts. The module currently has QWERTY, Dvorak and ASET keyboard layouts built in. If you create another layout, let me know so that I can add it to the module. -- Michael Hendricks
Re: Perl6 burns 18% fewer calories
Michael Hendricks wrote: In other words, Huffman coding works and Perl6 hackers had better start watching their waistlines. Or maybe we should spin it that Perl6 helps reduce global warming ;) Anyway, I collected a small sample (~300 lines each) of Perl5 code along with equivalent Perl6 code. Some came from the Exegeses and others from Pugs' SVN. I had Text::TypingEffort give me some pseudo-scientific results and typing the Perl5 code takes about 18% more physical effort than typing the Perl6 code. My god! What is this wonderful module of which you speak? Finally a chance to help in the argument that ideas that try to force less characters in a huffman-inspired nightmare might make life worse from a actually typing it in real life sense. I wonder if handles different keyboard, I'd like to the differences in using Perl between the different country keyboards. Especially those poor nordics with the / and $ in funny places :) Adam K
Perl6 burns 18% fewer calories
In other words, Huffman coding works and Perl6 hackers had better start watching their waistlines. Or maybe we should spin it that Perl6 helps reduce global warming ;) Anyway, I collected a small sample (~300 lines each) of Perl5 code along with equivalent Perl6 code. Some came from the Exegeses and others from Pugs' SVN. I had Text::TypingEffort give me some pseudo-scientific results and typing the Perl5 code takes about 18% more physical effort than typing the Perl6 code. -- Michael Hendricks
