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in thread Questions about Perl 6

Elian:
"1) A thursday, and 2.5 years, respectively."

Did you have a specific thursday picked out? :P

2) Thanks, I think it's cool too. :)

Perl was my first programming language. I have always been amazed at how easy it is to write something useful in Perl. I have tried Python, Java and C, but I always turn back to perl.

3) Hard to say as we don't have equivalent large code bases to compare, but on small to trivial examples between 4 and 30 times faster. Expect something like a 20%-30% speed gain in practice.

What do you think Parrot and the speed increase will do to how perl is used?

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Re: Re: Re: Questions about Perl 6
by Elian (Parson) on Mar 25, 2003 at 20:20 UTC
    More answers:

    1) Yes. But I'm not telling. :-P

    2) Keen! I usually find myself turning back to C, but I figure that's just the universe being amusingly perverse at my expense.

    3) I don't think the speed increases will, in and of themselves, lead to Cool New Things, but rather (along with the native calling interface) allow people to write less C code. While paradoxically making it easier for them to write C that interfaces to parrot if they want.

    The bit that'll change how perl's used is more due to language changes in perl 6 making B&D style programming easier (which many people do like in larger projects) and easier integration with other languages running on parrot.

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      Elian:
      "The bit that'll change how perl's used is more due to language changes in perl 6 making B&D style programming easier (which many people do like in larger projects) and easier integration with other languages running on parrot."

      This may be a silly question but, what is B&D programming?
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        "Bondage and Discipline", a mildly off-color reference to... other things. Basically it's programming with less programmer freedom and more restrictions on what's allowed and not allowed. It's the stuff that makes 30 line admin scripts a pain, but modules and 100K line applications easier to manage.
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Re: Re: Re: Questions about Perl 6
by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 25, 2003 at 21:00 UTC
    Did you have a specific thursday picked out?
    Unless I'm mistaken, that's probably from: 
      A: Well, when's your next round?
  B: Thursday.
  C: I think I'll go for a walk.

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    The 6th Rule of Perl Club is -- There is no Rule #6.

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      This is from Monty Python's "Quest for the Holy Grail"; the "I'm not dead yet" scene, IIRC.

      Cheers,
      ibanix

      $ echo '$0 & $0 &' > foo; chmod a+x foo; foo;
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        Ah, OK, now I recognize it. Cool.

        Still didn't come from there, though. :)

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      You would be mistaken, only because I have no clue as to what the qoute you quoted is from. Tell me and I'd be more than happy to make it so retroactively.
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