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Shlomi Fish <shlomif@vipe.stud.technion.ac.il> wrote: :This message is meant as an introduction, to this mailing list, :of me and what I want to do. My name is Shlomi Fish [...] Pleased to meet you, Shlomi. :1. Rindolf - Rindolf is a dialect of Perl that is fully backward compatible :to Perl 5. A working specification of it can be found here: : :http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/rindolf/ This series of documents presents a lot of interesting ideas. I find this line particularly interesting: If Perl 5 is ANSI C, then Perl 6 is going to be something like Java. Rindolf will be C++, and the analogy is perfectly fine. .. since earlier today I read something surprisingly similar at <http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=237910>: > I think the difference between Perl 5 and 6 will much greater than > the difference between C and C++ :) I very much doubt it. More like the difference between pre-ANSI C++ and post-ANSI C++. It would also be worth looking at the rest of that thread, in particular for the comparison between a quick reference for perl5 and for perl6. :I'd be very happy if some of Rindolf's features can make it into perl5. At first glance, I suspect that several of them could be implemented by way of modules without needing any changes to the perl core - I would strongly recommend taking a look at the implementation of some of the modules on CPAN in the Perl6:: namespace. However I think you may have taken an unfortunate approach to presenting your ideas: in your 'Philosophy' section you talk a lot about competition between languages, and by talking initially about the creation of a new language I suspect many perl5 devotees will see you as just another branch of that competition, and may be less inclined to take your ideas seriously as a result. :2. Revamping the Perl 5 Man Pages Patches to improve the documentation are always welcome. HugoThread Previous | Thread Next