2000-09-05-10:53:25 Dan Sugalski:
> >I don't think it's a good idea to build Perl6 development
> >infrastructure around non-free software.
>
> I don't think we should make decisions about the software we use
> for development based on political views. The decisions should be
> based on technical
2000-09-07-17:11:50 Dan Sugalski:
> Perl 5's development issues have nothing to do with the code
> repository -- [...]
That's certainly possible, but since the reason we're gathered here
together working on trying to launch perl6 is a collective belief
that perl5 has become unmaintainable for fu
2000-09-07-19:50:35 Adam Turoff:
> > Given that it's only available to people who happen to run supported
> > platforms,
>
> OK. That pegged the fud-o-meter. The list of supported platforms
> listed on http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html is hovering
> around fifty, [...]
Sure hope
I'm probably pouncing on a point you didn't intend to make,
disagreeing with something you didn't intend to say here, picking on
subtleties of how you phrased it, so I'm gonna omit the
attribution:-). I still wanna pounce on this.
> [ all sorts o' reality omitted ] how many people are going to
>
2000-11-02-16:30:36 John Porter:
> Bennett Todd wrote:
> > Java is crappy engineering with superb marketing,
>
> This is so wide of reality, I conclude that you don't know the
> first thing about Java.
Conclude whatever you like. I started by reading the language and VM
