Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!convex!mullins From: mullins@convex.com (Don Mullins) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Ruminations on the future of Perl Message-ID: Date: 28 Jun 91 18:00:59 GMT References: Sender: usenet@convex.com (news access account) Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: starman.convex.com In worley@compass.com (Dale Worley) writes: >I've been giving some thought to the future of Perl. Of course, these >comments are a mite arrogant, but at least they may help Larry plan. I like having Perl in it's preset form. I don't think it was really intended to be a "programming" language as much as it was intended to be a "scripting" language. The one major improvement, IMHO, would be the ability to dump compiled (interpreted?) code separate from the perl core, as done today. Don -- Don Mullins mullins@convex.COM {uiucuxc, uunet, sun, ...}!convex!mullins Product Engineering Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Texas