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Re: PPC Elevator Pitch for Perl::Types

From:
Christian Walde
Date:
August 19, 2023 13:58
Subject:
Re: PPC Elevator Pitch for Perl::Types
Message ID:
op.19xfqtkmydyjqt@xenwide
On Sat, 19 Aug 2023 13:33:52 +0200, Paul "LeoNerd" Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk> wrote:

> [...]
>
> If people are going to spend their time making "some kind of type
> system", the sort of structure I explained here is much more the kind
> of thing I'd like to see people making. It has great potential to reüse
> existing components, it easily fits into and improves the kind of code
> people are already writing and have written for years. Straight away
> people will be able to see where - and why - to use this new system.
>
> Great languages are made like Lego kits: a collection of individual
> pieces that are each simple to describe, but can be combined in lots of
> flexible combinations. We should aim to make good bricks.

Honestly this email should be in the perl core documentation.

-- 
With regards,
Christian Walde

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