Re: Perl apprenticing (was Re: Backtracking through the source)

2000-11-30 Thread Casey R. Tweten
Today around 2:12pm, Dan Sugalski hammered out this masterpiece: : At 01:23 PM 11/30/00 -0500, Buddha Buck wrote: : > : >Here here! Is there a place where PAWB's can sign up? : : Not at the moment, at least not formally. Want to set something up? (And : yes, I'm serious. A good master/apprenti

Re: Perl apprenticing (was Re: Backtracking through the source)

2000-11-30 Thread Bryan C. Warnock
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Dan Sugalski wrote: > At 01:23 PM 11/30/00 -0500, Buddha Buck wrote: > >Here here! Is there a place where PAWB's can sign up? > > Not at the moment, at least not formally. Want to set something up? (And > yes, I'm serious. A good master/apprentice thing would help a lot of

Perl apprenticing (was Re: Backtracking through the source)

2000-11-30 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 01:23 PM 11/30/00 -0500, Buddha Buck wrote: >At 11:47 AM 11-30-2000 -0500, Bryan C. Warnock wrote: >>I forget who proposed it originally, but I thought it an excellent >>analogy, and >>an excellent model for Perl development. Like any tradecraft, there are >>masters, apprentices, and the comm

Re: Backtracking through the source

2000-11-30 Thread Buddha Buck
At 11:47 AM 11-30-2000 -0500, Bryan C. Warnock wrote: >I forget who proposed it originally, but I thought it an excellent >analogy, and >an excellent model for Perl development. Like any tradecraft, there are >masters, apprentices, and the common consumer. The apprentice shouldn't >master, just

Re: Backtracking through the source

2000-11-30 Thread Bryan C. Warnock
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Dan Sugalski wrote: > What we're doing is *designing* the building. A more appropriate analogy is > one where you walk into the architect's conference room and start > commenting on and fiddling with the design of the building. While the sign > says "Open Meeting", the expe

Re: Backtracking through the source

2000-11-30 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 10:07 AM 11/30/00 -0500, Andy Dougherty wrote: >On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Bryan C. Warnock wrote: > > > You don't want the compiler design to be a 'hands-on experiment' for us > > inexperienced folk? That's not elitist, that's pragmatic. > > > > You don't want this to be a learning experience - (co

Re: Backtracking through the source

2000-11-30 Thread David Grove
"Bryan C. Warnock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Simon Cozens wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:54:31AM +, Simon Cozens wrote: > > > I categorically do *NOT* want perl6-internals to turn into a basic > course in > > > compiler design, purely for the benefit of tho

Re: Backtracking through the source

2000-11-30 Thread David Grove
Simon Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:54:31AM +, Simon Cozens wrote: > > I categorically do *NOT* want perl6-internals to turn into a basic > course in > > compiler design, purely for the benefit of those who know nothing at all > about > > what they're t

Re: Backtracking through the source

2000-11-30 Thread Simon Cozens
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:54:31AM +, Simon Cozens wrote: > I categorically do *NOT* want perl6-internals to turn into a basic course in > compiler design, purely for the benefit of those who know nothing at all about > what they're trying to achieve. I'd like Perl 6 to be a masterwork, and >