Re: Questions for Survey about Perl

2010-12-29 Thread Richard Hainsworth
Gabor, there is a big gap between 'i wrote snippets' to 'i wrote modules'. How about 'i have written programs to solve real problems' ? How about a question on involvement in the perl6 development process, so as to see how many people are following the process passively, and how many are

Re: Questions for Survey about Perl

2010-12-29 Thread Gabor Szabo
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Richard Hainsworth rich...@rusrating.ru wrote: Gabor, there is a big gap between 'i wrote snippets' to 'i wrote modules'. How about 'i have written programs to solve real problems' ? How about a question on involvement in the perl6 development process, so as

Re: Questions for Survey about Perl

2010-12-29 Thread Daniel Carrera
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Richard Hainsworth rich...@rusrating.ru wrote: Gabor, there is a big gap between 'i wrote snippets' to 'i wrote modules'. How about 'i have written programs to solve real problems' ? I agree. Although I don't use Perl 6 in production yet, for Perl 5 I can say

Re: Questions for Survey about Perl

2010-12-29 Thread Daniel Carrera
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Gabor Szabo szab...@gmail.com wrote: So in relation to what Katherine wrote earlier we should have a question trying to figure out what are people waiting for before they start using Perl 6. That's an excellent question. Possible answers: * I'm waiting for a

Re: Questions for Survey about Perl

2010-12-29 Thread Moritz Lenz
Hi, On 12/29/2010 08:02 AM, Gabor Szabo wrote: I'd be happy to get your input on how else would you put this question or what possible other answers you would allow. Here are some very rough ideas: How much do you know about Perl 6? * nothing except the name * some design ideas or history

Re: Questions for Survey about Perl

2010-12-29 Thread Chas. Owens
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 09:03, Moritz Lenz mor...@faui2k3.org wrote: snip What do you think about the relation between 5 and 6  * I don't  * Perl 6 hurts Perl 5  * Perl 5 benefits from Perl 5  * The two are mostly independent snip As for the third option, I think Perl 5 is hurt by Perl 5,

Questions for Survey about Perl

2010-12-29 Thread Константин Городинский
Hello there, I think my opinion would be just about the same as many others is: 1) The preface of specification book states that perl 6 is a NEW language and it shares ideas with perl 5 and both equally benefit from each other- so that gives a good question, why should I learn it if both cover

Re: Questions for Survey about Perl

2010-12-29 Thread Wendell Hatcher
Why use Perl 6 at this time what are the benefits besides what it has done (Moose-declare) object oriented programming for Perl 5? Sent from my iPhone Wendell Hatcher wendell_hatc...@comcast.net 303-520-7554 Blogsite: http://thoughtsofaperlprogrammer.typepad.com/blog On Dec 29, 2010, at