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"Bryan C. Warnock" <bwarnock@capita.com> wrote: > On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Simon Cozens wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:54:31AM +0000, Simon Cozens wrote: > > > I categorically do *NOT* want perl6-internals to turn into a basic > course in > > > compiler design, purely for the benefit of those who know nothing at > all about > > > what they're trying to achieve. I'd like Perl 6 to be a masterwork, and > > > masterworks require master craftsmen. If you want to partake in > compiler > > > design, it makes more than a little sense to find out how to do so. > > > > Guh, I shouldn't have said that, because I know exactly what'll happen > now: > > people will accuse me of being elitist and reactionary and trying to shut > > people out who want to help. > > You don't want the compiler design to be a 'hands-on experiment' for us > inexperienced folk? That's not elitist, that's pragmatic. > > You don't want this to be a learning experience - (corrections, > observations, > answers) - to the same? *That's* elitist. LOL Thanks, Bryan. An art that I haven't learned is to say so much with as few words. ;-))Thread Previous | Thread Next