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Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6 and debunk our own self generated FUD.

From:
Nicholas Clark
Date:
June 22, 2006 08:04
Subject:
Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6 and debunk our own self generated FUD.
Message ID:
20060622150340.GA77933@plum.flirble.org
On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 04:48:41PM +0200, Mattia Barbon wrote:

>   This is getting rather offtopic for p5p, but...
> when people find that the wxPerl documentation is what it is, they
> usually take the time to complain about it, but so far almost nobody
> has taken the time to actually do anything about it.

The cynic in me suggests that you're only offtopic because you used the
words "wxPerl documentation" in that sentence.

Otherwise is rather on-topic for p5p. :-(

Specifically, there is *nothing* stopping *anyone* from bundling up more
modules, testing that they all work, and shipping a bigger SDK tarball.  And
then supporting it.

Or a host of other ways people propose to improve the core. Working code
talks loudest.

Such as that timed exit code someone suggested two years ago. Which was a
good idea, but could be done as a module. Last I remember was that he went
off to implement it...


Anyone who feels like writing some code -- there are perl-only tasks in
http://mirrors.develooper.com/perl/APC/perl-current/pod/perltodo.pod
looking for champions.

Nicholas Clark



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