perl5 in C++ (was Re: Creature Freep) by John Tobey- June 25, 2000 On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, "Felix S. Gallo" <fsgultranet.com> wrote:> Chip writes:> >According to Felix S. Gallo:> >> 1. Describe the goal. I don&39;t believe Perl can be usefully rewritten in> >> C++ before the next Perl conference in any case ...> >> >Yes, that&39;s the target.> >> as if> >We shall see. (Were I a betting man I&39;d clean up. :-))> > Never bet against a British pedant -- I can always win by...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.porters/2000/06/msg201.html Re: ANSI Perl: NO F WAY !!! by Michael G Schwern- June 10, 2000 On a counter-note, I was kinda anti-ANSI, too. But a late nightdiscussion on perl has me swayed a little bit, Abigail and mjd scoredsome good points for standardization: Schwern: Hmmm, Mr. Rosler misses the point of standardization. yrlnry: schwern: I somehow doubt that. Schwern: Well, why "officially" standardize something that&39;s not fractured pudge_: Schwern, so businesses can rely on it. Schwern: Yay. They already can rely on it. pudge_: no, not on perl ...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.porters/2000/06/msg200.html ANSI Perl: NO F WAY !!! by John van V.- June 10, 2000 Perl is my only language, its a monoculture like a family, dysfunctional attimes, but show me a family isn&39;t (at times).In fact the whole public domain seems a little goofy at times but I stick withit because I know the end results are going to be fantastic.Perl is designed in a true democracy, chaotic at times. Even the groupdecision to keep the Y2K "bug" intact is endearing.It seems Larry Rosler wants to change all that.I am cut+pasting from...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.porters/2000/06/msg199.html |