Re: [perl6/specs] 89cc32: Spec Bag.kxxv

2014-04-22 Thread Damian Conway
Raiph Mellor wrote: > The .kxxv method name is a placeholder. Phew! Thanks for taking the time to respond and explain, Raiph. > The brief discussion that motivated introducing it is at: > http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2014-04-13#i_8582049 > > Larry has chimed in at: > http://irclog.perlgeek.d

Re: PerlĀ 6 in CS (Was: [perl6/specs] 89cc32: Spec Bag.kxxv)

2014-04-22 Thread Smylers
Damian Conway writes: > I have no confidence yet, however, that Perl 6 will be widely taken up > as a CS teaching language. ... the decision on a teaching language > usually reflects either the personal biases of the individual teacher, > or those of the curriculum committee, or else mirrors the m

[perl6/specs] dda1c4: Split off .rotor from .buffering

2014-04-22 Thread GitHub
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[perl6/specs] 13869e: De-TAB

2014-04-22 Thread GitHub
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[perl6/specs] 9f36e0: s/buffering/batch/ jnthn++

2014-04-22 Thread GitHub
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[perl6/specs] b8a36c: Some additions/improvements to Supply spec.

2014-04-22 Thread GitHub
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[perl6/specs] 276721: Spec Supply.list

2014-04-22 Thread GitHub
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Re: [perl6/specs] 89cc32: Spec Bag.kxxv

2014-04-22 Thread Parrot Raiser
>> 1. For the last few years almost all discussion is entirely on #perl6. > > Which seems to be working extremely well...just not for me. I can't > manage to track these discussions (even via the logs). I find the > interleaving of multiple threads utterly impossible to cope with. > Thank you for s

Re: [perl6/specs] 89cc32: Spec Bag.kxxv

2014-04-22 Thread Damian Conway
> It's an awesome language, which is exactly the problem. "Inspiring > awe" is not far from inducing panic and terror, especially in people > who aren't feeling too confident in the first place. We want to be > accessible to the people who start looking nervous when the modulus > operator is added

Re: [perl6/specs] 89cc32: Spec Bag.kxxv

2014-04-22 Thread Fields, Christopher J
On Apr 22, 2014, at 7:21 PM, Damian Conway wrote: >> It's an awesome language, which is exactly the problem. "Inspiring >> awe" is not far from inducing panic and terror, especially in people >> who aren't feeling too confident in the first place. We want to be >> accessible to the people who sta