Re: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade

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Re^2: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 18, 2006 at 15:29 UTC
Bad analogy. Let's just hope it beats chusquea abietifolia into bloom :) Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal? "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by zentara (Cardinal) on Jan 18, 2006 at 17:11 UTC
I thought it was a pretty good analogy myself. I was talking about beautiful flowers as the first criteria, not length of time. Your example uses length of time as first criteria, and I have to agree that if Perl6 takes 200 years to blossom, it will probably smell bad. :-) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]
Re^3: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by blazar (Canon) on Jan 19, 2006 at 07:56 UTC
Do not mistake a necessary condition for a sufficient one. He wrote: The most beautiful flowers usually take the longest to blossom. not The flowers that take the longest to blossom are usually the most beautiful ones. ;-)	[reply]