[Python-Dev] Perl5->Perl6
Paul Prescod
paulp@ActiveState.com
Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:12:32 -0700
Simon Cozens wrote:
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>...
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> Also don't forget that we have a prototype of Perl 6 which implements pretty
> much everything that Larry has specified in Apocalypses 1 and 2.
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> It is a patch of nearly 200 lines to the current Perl 5 interpreter.
>
> We're not changing *that* drastically, folks.
According to Damian there will be generators and a first-class class
syntax and method getters/setters and metaclasses and optional static
type declarations and ... Larry just hasn't got to the heavy part of the
Camel book. :-)
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