"Kurt D. Starsinic" <kstar@chapin.edu> wrote > By `simplify', do you mean a smaller-footprint lexer, fewer grammar > rules, something in terms of user/developer experience? What's the problem > that you wish to solve? I'd like to discourage you from launching an > umbrella mailing list for several unrelated solutions that all happen to > solve problems in the category of `complex syntax'. It seems like the first mailing list should address the meta-questions "What are the issues to be addressed in reforming Perls syntax?" and "What are the goals of these reforms?" Mike Guy