Perl6 Grammars

#1

Post by jcamou » Thu, Aug 08, 2019, 12:19 AM UTC

Perl6 Grammars
docs.perl6.org

Re: Perl6 Grammars

#2

Post by chovy » Thu, Aug 08, 2019, 12:20 AM UTC

I've debated going back to Perl since javascript is such a mess these days.

Re: Perl6 Grammars

#3

Post by rurban » Thu, Aug 08, 2019, 12:53 AM UTC

chovy wrote: post #2

I've debated going back to Perl since javascript is such a mess these days.

You should really look how horribly it's implemented there, and you won't go back. The idea is great, but the idea should be based on some clever scalable implementation idea. There was none.

Re: Perl6 Grammars

#4

Post by chovy » Thu, Aug 08, 2019, 1:45 AM UTC

rurban wrote: post #3

chovy wrote: post #2

I've debated going back to Perl since javascript is such a mess these days.

You should really look how horribly it's implemented there, and you won't go back. The idea is great, but the idea should be based on some clever scalable implementation idea. There was none.

Are you talking about Perl?

Re: Perl6 Grammars

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Post by rurban » Thu, Aug 08, 2019, 4:26 PM UTC

chovy wrote: post #4

rurban wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should really look how horribly it's implemented there, and you won't go back. The idea is great, but the idea should be based on some clever scalable implementation idea. There was none.

Are you talking about Perl?

perl6. (ie. parrot and moarvm). Perl has no grammars builtin. I'e started working on it but it will need a long time.