Okay, but you haven't said why it is necessary to make Perl attractive for people from other languages. Many other languages use the dot syntax, so why should Perl? Is the goal to turn Perl into the M$ of programming languages: to do many things poorly with the hopes of suckering in as many people as possible? If so, let me out now!

Also, what's so wrong with being different? You aren't going to fool people into programming in Perl just because you make the syntax look like another language. People will use a language because of what it offers in the way of making their jobs/lives easier.

And, finally, I always considered the -> an improvement over the dot. It's so much clearer and concise what you mean, so why take a step backward?

matt

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Perl6 headaches? by mattg
in thread Perl6 headaches? by mattg

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