Most Perl 6 will look like Perl 5

[Jonathan Rockway]

"Paul Makepeace" <paulm at paulm.com> writes:
> When I learnt python, Template Toolkit, Java, (and and..) it took me
> about one second to understand that to deference a hash I could use,
>
>   hash.key

You're clearly a genius!  Why didn't anyone else think of that?

Oh, I know.  Because hash keys can:

 * be the result of a function evaluation
 * be named the same as methods on the blessed hash (mostly a TT issue)
 * contain spaces
 * contain "."

Also, the Java syntax is:

  some_map.get(key);

foo.bar is a class attribute lookup in Java.

Also, the Python syntax is:

  some_dictionary['key']

So basically, only TT uses the syntax above, and it's one of TT's
greatest misfeatures.  

Thanks for playing though.

BTW, the time to whine about Perl6 syntax was about 3 years ago, and not
on the london.pm list.  If the decisions upset you so much, how about
helping out with Perl6?  How about discussing Perl6 on a Perl6 mailing
list?  

Or even, how about writing your own language?  Then it can work exactly
how you want!  It's even in the "Design Patterns" book.  Enterprisey!

Regards,
Jonathan Rockway