[Python-Dev] If you thought there were too many PEPs... (original) (raw)

Greg Ward gward@mems-exchange.org
Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:16:24 -0400

...yow: the Perl community is really going overboard in proposing enhancements:

[from the Perl "daily" news]

[3] Perl 6 RFCs Top 150 Mark; New Perl 6 Lists Added [Links]

The number of [4]Perl 6 RFCs hit 161 today. The 100th RFC was [5]Embed full URI support into Perl by Nathan Wiger, allowing URIs like "file:///local/etc/script.conf" to be passed to builtin file functions and operators. The 150th was [6]Extend regex syntax to provide for return of a hash of matched subpatterns by Kevin Walker, and the latest, 161, is [7]OO Integration/Migration Path by Matt Youell. New [8]Perl 6 mailing lists include perl6-language- sublists objects, datetime, errors, data, and regex. perl6-bootstrap is being closed, and perl6-meta is taking its place (the subscriber list will not be transferred). [...] 3. http://www.news.perl.org/perl-news.cgi?item=967225716%7C10542 4. http://dev.perl.org/rfc/ 5. http://dev.perl.org/rfc/100.pod 6. http://dev.perl.org/rfc/150.pod 7. http://dev.perl.org/rfc/161.pod 8. http://dev.perl.org/lists.shtml

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