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541.
by chromatic 16y ago
instead of fixing the underlying problem We fixed it in Perl 6, and I created a patch for Perl 5 to make strict default. I wish it had been the default behavior, but at least strict is available (and has long been a recommendation in eve
542.
by chromatic 16y ago
Ambiguity seems, to me, to conflict with the desire for clarity and reliability. Any language which allows a typo in an assignment statement to create a new variable name binding silently is insufficiently safe for my purposes. I don't cla
543.
by chromatic 16y ago
In theory. I have Perl code from a decade ago that still runs on VMS. Can you show me similar Java code? The fact that the camel book has a section with tips for porters is telling. The Camel book is a decade out of date.
544.
by chromatic 16y ago
Not part of the core language, is an add on. So is DBI, Perl::Critic, cpanminus, perlbrew, Dist::Zilla, Perltidy, and (depending on your version) autodie. That's why my definition of a great Perl programmer includes pervasive use of the
545.
by chromatic 16y ago
Ruby's variable scoping relies on the compiler guessing the programmer's intent, as its syntax fails to distinguish between "Introduce a binding of this name within the current scope" and "Assign to the variable bound to this name".
546.
by chromatic 16y ago
The author of the blog post is pushing a good agenda (promoting modern Perl) but doing so with tactics that end up adding more harmful FUD to Perl's already shaky reputation. How so? If Perl can't survive the honest admission that a lot o
547.
by chromatic 16y ago
If it's difficult to find great Perl developers, that's because [fewer] great developers flock to Perl. I would like to see non-anecdotal evidence for this. Heck, even the humble Javascript allows you to perform mind-bending dynamic feat
548.
by chromatic 16y ago
It assumes that people already on the team have the same ability as the potential hire. The people on the team have a great advantage over a new hire: they know more about the business and the codebase.
549.
by chromatic 16y ago
the language design itself strongly pushes you toward writing elegant, readable code. The language design itself strongly pushes you toward indenting the way Guido indents. The rest (effective decomposition, good naming, testing, intel
550.
by chromatic 16y ago
You need at least Perl 5.10 (and 5.12.3 should be out shortly). If your OS vendor has an older version installed, see App::perlbrew to install your own updated version independent of the system Perl 5.
551.
by chromatic 16y ago
Hopefully that's because a good Perl hacker would write: perl -E 'say map { chr } 119, 101, 39, 114, 101, 32, 104, 105, 114, 105, 110, 103'
552.
by chromatic 16y ago
A modern Perl programmer might write something much more elegant: my $x = 'Apple Carrot Banana'; my @y = $x->split(' ')->sort; if (@y > 2) { say "we've got ${\@y->size} elements!"; } else {
553.
by chromatic 16y ago
The testing stuff is good and it's the direction everyone should be going but not having it obviously isn't too much of a problem because so few systems currently have it.... The Perl 5 Porters mailing list has automated mailings which te
554.
by chromatic 16y ago
You've tested the entire CPAN ecosystem, as well as the ability of the ecosystem to identify and remove harmful contributions, if said contribution is in fact harmful.
555.
by chromatic 16y ago
Why do people keep trotting out this stupid pointless number. Metcalfe's Law. The value of the CPAN increases dramatically with every addition, especially because of the maturity of the entire CPAN infrastructure: CPAN testers, CPANTS, an
556.
by chromatic 16y ago
Why require context-dependent sigils when you don't need to? That's a circular argument. So is "Why not require them when you need them?"
557.
by chromatic 16y ago
To whom does the pronoun "they" refer, if not "the Perl folk"?
558.
by chromatic 16y ago
I don't get it To start: there exist Perl programmers who have worked on both Perl 5 and Perl 6, specifically to make Perl 5 more accessible and to make Perl 6 more imminent. Don't assume the entire Perl community is a hivemind with a si
559.
by chromatic 16y ago
Personally I'm more against "=" being the assignment operator, which should be ":=". The problem with := is that you run the risk of the Pascal trap, in that no language which uses := for assignment has ever become more popular than Pasca
560.
by chromatic 16y ago
The Object Pascal compiler currently known as Oxygene used to be "Chrome". Delphi jumped in the TIOBE ratings around the time Google released a browser named Chrome.
561.
by chromatic 16y ago
Are you sure a motivated eight year old would give up on programming entirely because he can't program an entire Pokemon game by himself in BASIC?
562.
by chromatic 16y ago
That's okay--we're willing to revise our strategy. If the Kickstarter approach doesn't work, we'll try something else.
563.
by chromatic 16y ago
$25k is 500 one-year subscriptions. That's the point at which the printed magazine makes economic sense.
564.
by chromatic 16y ago
The lack of expected operator precedence kept many technical non-programmers away from Lisp and Smalltalk. I've heard the opposite; where did you hear this?
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A Real-World HTML 5 Benchmark(clubcompy.com)
5 points by chromatic 16y ago|1 comments
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Larry Wall on Hacking Programmer Culture(perl6advent.wordpress.com)
8 points by chromatic 16y ago|0 comments
567.
by chromatic 16y ago
Thanks for commenting. We've discussed showing off the source code of the example programs up, but we haven't had time yet.
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Ask HN: Review my startup: clubcompy.com
3 points by chromatic 16y ago|2 comments
569.
by chromatic 16y ago
I've used Perl 5 on four new consulting projects in the past year.
570.
by chromatic 16y ago
Your definition of good may or may not include "do these higher level abstractions preclude, in theory and practice, well-known and cheap optimizations?"

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