And now that I've read the use.perl.org thread I know I can safely dismiss the whole idea as the work of a nutcase. Sorry, but the guy is really off the wall.

Thank you.

You have articulated my thoughts so much better than I could.

When I read the thread all I could think is "This guy wants to remove everything he doesn't understand, and replace them with other things that he doesnt understand."

In my experience the majority of non CS professors that go around harping about tail recursion dont have a clue what they are on about...

Yves / DeMerphq
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In reply to Re: Re: Rindolf, Perl 6 and Wish lists by demerphq
in thread Rindolf, Perl 6 and Wish lists by rob_au

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