Re:The Future of Perl
by orf on Friday March 10, 2023 @09:36PM
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A simple point class looks like this:
What?
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Not quite - that was his initial implementation which he described as "That’s not good at all, but I was trying to work within Perl’s limitations". The corinna syntax is
class Point {
field ( $x, $y ) :param = 0;
method clear () {
( $x, $y ) = ( 0, 0 );
}
}Maybe he meant
class Point {
has $x = 0;
has $y = 0;
sub clear {
$x = $y = 0;
}
}
At least that's how I implemented it in the future perl, called cperl. Designed with perl6.
His perl cannot have array or hash fields, and his fields are still hash keys. Wtfwho cares about classes though? OOP is literally the most boring thing in programming, and the stuff Perl is awesome at doesn't require OOP.
If you want classes go use java or C#, the second and third most boring things in programming.