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From:
Tim Bunce
Date:
June 25, 2002 14:26
Subject:
Re: Perl5 humor
Message ID:
20020625222133.K87029@dansat.data-plan.com
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 05:33:10PM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote:
> Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@pobox.com> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 11:35:20AM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 11:08:53AM +0100, Tim Bunce wrote:
> >> > On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 12:23:34AM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> >> > > Of course, another approach is to embed the existing Perl5 interpreter
> >> > > within the Perl 6 interpreter; Perl6 subs call glue which calls Perl subs
> >> > > which calls perl5 XS.
> >> >
> >> > How would you deal with passing references?
> >>
> >> (wild hand waving follows)
> >>
> >> a perl6 reference is substituted with a perl5 scalar that has attached
> >> magic that 'does the right thing'.
> >
> > I don't think that'll fly.
>
> Not even if he flaps his hands really, really quickly?
:-)
Tim.
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