introspection (and Perl 6)

chromatic chromatic at wgz.org
Wed Jan 23 20:31:51 GMT 2008


On Wednesday 23 January 2008 11:58:02 Jeff Anderson wrote:

> My biggest gripe is this: are the new features of Perl 6 going to make
> my job easier?
>
> Probably not. In fact, most likely not.
>
> I really feel that the developers of Perl 6 have left the real world
> behind, and are now living in some fantasy world where being cool is
> more virtuous than being "normal."
>
> It is snobbery, pure and simple.

I have always considered curiousity and the willingness to learn new ideas a  
fundamental characteristic of successful programmers.

Have you ever even written any Perl 6 code?

-- c


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