hehehe Rob At 19:04 1/04/2001, you wrote: >Looks like the Perl vs. Python issue that has plagued mankind for >centuries will soon be resolved :-) > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 09:20:52 +0100 >From: Simon Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Perl and Python to begin joint development > >[Note: I've been asked to release this as editor of www.perl.com; I'll give >my *personal* opinions on the move later in the day or tomorrow. See also, >however, the feature at http://www.perl.com/pub/2001/04/01/parrot.htm >] > >04/01/2001 >SEBASTOPOL, CA > >Perl and Python to begin joint development > >Larry Wall, the creator of Perl, and Guido van Rossum, creator of >Python, today announced that their respective projects are about to > >Open Source Convention - "We at the Perl Conference were aware of a need >for a new direction for Perl and for its community, and that's why we >announced the work on Perl 6," said an excited Wall. "At the same time, >Guido was thinking very hard about Python 2.0 and where it was going, >and we got together and started talking about helping each other out." > >Initially, the pair planned to have their development communities >working together for mutual benefit. van Rossum cited some of the >technical reasons for the collaboration: "Perl's highly powerful regular >expression engine would be integrated into Python, and would benefit us >greatly; in return, we've got a number of things right that Perl could >gain from, such as signal handling and robust software engineering." > >However, as both designers talked about the changes their languages were >going through, they came to the conclusion that they had much to share >at the language level as well as the interpreter level. According to >Larry Wall, "Perl's always been about taking the best features of all >the other languages available; it's perfectly natural for us to >integrate the best features of Python too." > >The specifications for the combined language, called Parrot, will be >documented in the forthcoming book "Programming Parrot In A Nutshell", >to be published by O'Reilly and Associates. In the meantime, the Python >Software Foundation is said to be making arrangements to merge with Yet >Another Society. YAS president Kevin Lenzo was delighted at the move: >"It's a natural extension of what YAS was set up to facilitate - >collaboration and communication between programming communities." > >Parrot development will begin with the merger of the Py3K development >team with the Perl 6 internals working group; Jeremy Hylton and Dan >Sugalski will be the joint development leads. > >Larry Wall and Guido van Rossum both recently accepted positions at the >Vancouver, Canada development company ActiveState. A spokesman for >ActiveState said that the company was obviously very pleased with the >decision, but denied that ActiveState had influenced it in any way. > > > >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug ************************** Q: Will I be reincarnated? A: Not unless there is a special need to recreate you. And searching backup tapes is a major hassle - so if there is a request for you, God will just say that the tape has been lost. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
