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Re: Prototypes

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From:
Damian Conway
Date:
September 3, 2001 21:55
Subject:
Re: Prototypes
Message ID:
200109040455.PAA56480@indy05.csse.monash.edu.au
   > But since the current prototyping system... has a highly positive
   > pressure gradient compared to the surrounding air,

Well...I think it's more a problem of "I do no' thin' dat word means
wha' you thin' it means".

People want prototypes to be parameter type specifiers,
when they're actually argument context specifiers.

   
   > hopefully we won't be saddled with it in Perl 6 

Here. Here. I'm sure for Perl 6 we can do much worse^H^H^H^H^Hbetter.

;-)

Damian

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