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I think Larry Wall once suggested it converge on perl 2π (progressively approaching 6.2831853071). Not sure about the marketing value, but it's properly geeky.
by wwweston 12y ago
I think Larry Wall once suggested it converge on perl 2π (progressively approaching 6.2831853071).
Not sure about the marketing value, but it's properly geeky.
- steveklabnik 12y agoVery similar to what Knuth did with Tex. I like it.
- JadeNB 12y agoActually, I think that, for exactly that reason, it's a wrong idea. Knuth's numbering is meant to suggest that, except for minor corrections, TeX is in its final form. I can't imagine Larry Wall ever feeling that way about Perl.
- steveklabnik 12y agoAt his FOSDEM talk, he actually talked a little about how Perl 6 should be flexible enough to keep on changing basically forever... given that you can edit the parser even on the fly, it seems plausible.
- chrstphrhrt 12y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rA4ZRErflE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rA4ZRErflE Is that what P6 feels like?