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by zoffix222 11y ago
Interesting observation. In practice, I found coding in Perl 6 is much faster than in Perl 5, for example. One of the programs I converted was half as short. On the contrary, it's expressiveness let's me focus on the problem inste
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by zoffix222 11y ago
That's what the balcony is for.
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by zoffix222 11y ago
Ehhh... so it's a weather website? What's that got to do with whether I should get up >_<
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by zoffix222 11y ago
Their logo and "sample user profile" pic really bother my programmer's brain. Unmatched parentheses everywhere! The idea is a bit scary, though. Giving up to some app not only your current and past information, but all your g
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by zoffix222 11y ago
Yes. Join the club. Sincerely, Perl Programmers :)
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by zoffix222 11y ago
I think I can infer an answer to my own question from this article: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-... Apple's response was this is due to security stuff with the touch
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by zoffix222 11y ago
That's deeply troubling. Does this issue affect iPads too? I have one I got at work I had the screen repaired on at the mall. It's bugging me to update the OS and now I'm worried it'll lock up just the same :S
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by zoffix222 11y ago
> "Developers create new libraries because they hate other developers style choices." Haha, that is so me :) I think you're onto something here: I see the same proliferation of libraries that do almost the same thing in
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How to Make a Perl 6 Module (Bit Rot Thursday)(blogs.perl.org)
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by zoffix222 11y ago
Quit drinking. After several years of battling alcoholism.
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by zoffix222 11y ago
I think it's a job like any other. There are days when you hate it; there are days when you love it. One thing I do notice is I actually do programming on my own time, coding my own projects. And on bad days at work, I wish I could ins
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by zoffix222 11y ago
I think you've missed the point: you can program in your native tongue. I think the expectation is a Russian company would not care whether you can type their variable names :P
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by zoffix222 11y ago
Thank you!
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by zoffix222 11y ago
No idea :) In my 16-year programming career I never used a REPL of any sort. Just pop up a temp file and edit it with $editor-of-choice? XD
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by zoffix222 11y ago
I don't think Perl 7 will be a thing in anyone's planned future. There are now two languages in the Perl family: Perl 5 and Perl 6. Perl 5 is still developed, has yearly releases and feature additions. Perl 6 is a brand new langua
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by zoffix222 11y ago
Something I see no one mentioned, dashes (and apostrophes) aren't the only neat thing you can use in term names. You can use other languages too. $контрольная-работа is a valid variable name.
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by zoffix222 11y ago
Use the space, Luke ;)
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by zoffix222 11y ago
I think you may want to install the module called Linenoise. If you have panda (Perl 6 module installer), just type panda install Linenoise and you should be all set. https://github.com/hoelzro/p6-linenoise
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by zoffix222 11y ago
The 20-year-old Ruby and Python were brand new at some point in time too. It's a bit silly to declare the current crop of languages to be with us forever. I can already notice where being a brand new language makes Perl 6 address new i
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by zoffix222 11y ago
I found dashes are by far easier to type than underscores and I'd certainly have whitespace between operators in my code, so I'd never run into the problem you describe. It is possible to have variables without sigils and in that
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by zoffix222 11y ago
But why? Most of tech confs are sausage fests. It's time we start addressing the sex inequality issue in our trade.
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by zoffix222 11y ago
Note that Perl 6 now is really a brand new language. The old Perl continues to chug along in the form of Perl 5 (with yearly releases and feature additions). As such, Perl 6 is a modern language, with all that you can expect to have in on
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by zoffix222 11y ago
Your confusion lies in thinking, as you've said, "just a new version of a language." It's actually been a long, 15-year journey that resulted in a completely brand new language. The name is still 'Perl 6' for h
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by zoffix222 11y ago
I wouldn't call it a misfeature. I think especially in math stuff it would be useful. I've used Δ in my math for Color module and it both has the natural mathematical meaning and must not change after I calculate it: https:/
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by zoffix222 11y ago
They don't need to be "missing". my \working-days = 200; Creates a working-days variable that you can't change.
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by zoffix222 11y ago
No, there won't be EOLs for the foreseeable future. For all purposes, you can imagine Perl 6 being called language XYZ. Even though 15 years ago, Perl 6 was envisioned as the next version of Perl 5, that is no longer the case. Perl 5 a
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by zoffix222 11y ago
Just keep that codebase in Perl 5? Perl 6 isn't a replacement for Perl 5. It's a whole new language. Perl 5 is still actively maintained and used.
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by zoffix222 11y ago
A completely different issue. Python3 is an upgrade to Python2. Perl 6 became a new language, while Perl 5 still chugging along at full speed (latest stable release was just 4 months ago).
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by zoffix222 11y ago
You do realize Perl 6 and Perl 5 are completely different languages, both with different and vibrant communities, right? :) Legacy Perl 6 code doesn't even exist! Also, we're not bothered with people claiming Perl is dead. We&#x27
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by zoffix222 11y ago
You don't. You take it in a fun way, the way it's meant to be :) And if you have any specifics on what looks "so awful", feel free to file an Issue on github: https://github.com/perl6/perl6.org/

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