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 ? Perl5 ?

Is there a general list of what will be in Perl 5, and when?  I'm
considering Perl for wider use, and more intense applications, but I
crave REAL structures/nested data types.  (It would also be neat to
have more object-oriented support.)  Every time I've tried to do
any in-depth programming with emulated struct.s, I've always gotten
into a big mess.

Another thing that would be wonderful (though not as critical) would
be a better interface for linking in your own C routines.  I've added a
NetISAM+DBM-layer set of calls via "usersub", but I found that the
documentation/interface was such that I had to guess at the appropriate
calls for the more complex interactions with "perl" internal objects.

I'd also put my vote in for a "case" statement like "sh" has.  It's
very useful/expressive/concise.  In fact, it's one of my favorite things about
the Bourne shell language.

-Eric



Sat, 04 Mar 1995 07:33:47 GMT  
 ? Perl5 ?

   Is there a general list of what will be in Perl 5, and when?  I'm
   considering Perl for wider use, and more intense applications, but I
   crave REAL structures/nested data types.  (It would also be neat to
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

   Me too!
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-- Rob Torop

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Sat, 04 Mar 1995 10:38:49 GMT  
 
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