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1) A thursday, and 2.5 years, respectively.
2) Thanks, I think it's cool too. :)
3) Hard to say as we don't have equivalent large code bases to compare, but on small to trivial examples between 4 and 30 times faster. Expect something like a 20%-30% speed gain in practice. | [reply] |
Elian:
"1) A thursday, and 2.5 years, respectively."
Did you have a specific thursday picked out? :P
2) Thanks, I think it's cool too. :)
Perl was my first programming language. I have always been amazed at how easy it is to write something useful in Perl. I have tried Python, Java and C, but I always turn back to perl.
3) Hard to say as we don't have equivalent large code bases to compare, but on small to trivial examples between 4 and 30 times faster. Expect something like a 20%-30% speed gain in practice.
What do you think Parrot and the speed increase will do to how perl is used?
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More answers:
1) Yes. But I'm not telling. :-P
2) Keen! I usually find myself turning back to C, but I figure that's just the universe being amusingly perverse at my expense.
3) I don't think the speed increases will, in and of themselves, lead to Cool New Things, but rather (along with the native calling interface) allow people to write less C code. While paradoxically making it easier for them to write C that interfaces to parrot if they want.
The bit that'll change how perl's used is more due to language changes in perl 6 making B&D style programming easier (which many people do like in larger projects) and easier integration with other languages running on parrot.
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Did you have a specific thursday picked out?
Unless I'm mistaken, that's probably from:
A: Well, when's your next round?
B: Thursday.
C: I think I'll go for a walk.
jdporter
The 6th Rule of Perl Club is -- There is no Rule #6. | [reply]
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You should be able to use Perl6 regular expressions before Perl6 itself is released, at least if you believe that theDamian's Perl6::Rules will be available before Christmas ;--).
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