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Re: [PATCH 5.005_62] First round of unpack

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From:
Gurusamy Sarathy
Date:
October 27, 1999 01:08
Subject:
Re: [PATCH 5.005_62] First round of unpack
Message ID:
199910270805.BAA05029@activestate.com
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 10:37:44 +0300, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
>Perhaps Ilya's intending to implement Perl 6 using Perl 5's pack()? :-)

Once we've passed the impending complexity horizon, pack() will
become implementable only in pack(), perl will accumulate enough
bits to collapse onto itself, and even Chip will need forever to
escape from perl 5.  CPAN won't need version numbers after that.


Sarathy
gsar@ActiveState.com
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