On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 05:16:31PM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote: > > So tonight we'll have Brendan O'Dea speaking on Perl 5.8.0 packaging, > features, etc. We will probably get to see that bastard child of > text-editors: vile (VI like Emacs).
Brendan explained what was new with Perl 5.8.0 (threading, Unicode) what he wanted to put in (64 bit file access) but wasn't able to. Reasons for the binary incompatibilities between 5.8 and 5.6 He also explained why he used a staging area, what was the greatest cause of his problems (different architectures). He pointed out that the next release of Perl may also be binary incompatible (due to gcc 3.2) and pondered what to do about it (punt to others). Unfortunately Brendan isn't as good a pool player as he is a speaker and lost the games he played. All in all a good night was had by all. Cheers, Anand -- `` We are shaped by our thoughts, we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. '' -- Buddha, The Dhammapada -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
