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Re: Perl 6 and Test.pm's skip() function

From:
Eric Wilhelm
Date:
January 23, 2009 02:27
Subject:
Re: Perl 6 and Test.pm's skip() function
Message ID:
200901221605.02947.enobacon@gmail.com
# from Aristotle Pagaltzis
# on Thursday 22 January 2009 16:00:

>> Pretend for a moment that the number of tests could
>> automatically be counted by the interpreter (e.g. at
>> the parse/compile stage.)
>
>There’s no need to pretend. Either you can tell us how to solve
>the halting problem and then it’s possible, or you can’t and then
>it’s not.

Or, if you've met with the halting problem, you're doing it wrong.

--Eric
-- 
"It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize that you are 
in a hurry."
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