Re: RFC 357 (v2) Perl should use XML for documentation instead of POD

2000-10-05 Thread J. David Blackstone
John Porter wrote: RFCs like "330: Global dynamic variables should remain the default" should not need to be written! (No disrespect to you, Nate.) None taken; I actually agree. Unfortunately, I thought that -strict did nowhere near enough analysis of scoping issues besides the initial

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-09 Thread J. David Blackstone
This proposal has some good thoughts. Cut me some slack for not being completely supportive of it; in my country, when they allowed the public to ask the elite candidates for office any question they wanted, the favorite question was "Do you wear boxers or briefs?" How about an open,

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread J. David Blackstone
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Nathan Torkington wrote: Closed-for-posting mailing lists that are publically readable is the best suggestion we've had to meet these ends so far. Anyone have better suggestions? I don't know that this is _better_, but...perhaps we could have the lists that you

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread J. David Blackstone
David Grove wrote: The community need that I _know_ is being ignored is the ability to have a perl that's not taking a dive toward being slopped all over with the four-colored flag. David, please, you must be more specific and less idiomatic. I don't even know what the four-colored flag

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread J. David Blackstone
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 06:01:16PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: "General consensus" is best, but that can't be guaranteed. "Consensus of the ruling council" is more attainable, but there's that whole "ruling council" thing to contend with. "What Larry says" is best, but what happens if he

Re: Larry's ALS talk

2000-10-16 Thread J. David Blackstone
I didn't say or do anything until towards the end, when Larry said: "And some people even submitted RFCs describing conflicting ideas." Cool, that's me, too! Anyone who was there want to clue me into what was said? jdb