diotalevi,
I never said I was for or against this functionality, but why shouldn't it be considered for inclusion in Perl6? While I have already had this conversation with you in the Chatterbox, I believe it is worth repeating here for the sake of others.

The meditation is about the possibility of Perl6 having the ability to modify the optree (or its equivalent) while it is running as core functionality and what you would do with it if it were available. The majority of the monks have missed this because they apparently focused on the code and didn't bother reading the commentary.

You have stressed that you think I should learn Lisp before asking such questions and I would argue that you should read what I wrote and not assume to know what I was musing about. I respect you and your abilities a great deal, but I am probably going to come off sounding like a jerk. Regardless of our differences in opinion - thank you for your contributions.

I know that there are many ways of achieving the same functionality currently and even included an example. Perhaps that was my downfall. People have been so eager to point out more ways or to recommend using another language that they have failed to see the forest through the trees.

I was taught in school that the final paragraph should always bring the point you are trying to make home. I think I did that and have no explanation as to why so many people missed it.

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re^3: Doing "it" only once by Limbic~Region
in thread Doing "it" only once by Limbic~Region

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