in reply to Re: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade
in thread Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade

Bad analogy.

Let's just hope it beats chusquea abietifolia into bloom :)


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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. :-)

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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.

    ;-)