Comments on: Damian Conway’s Talk, “The Missing Link”: Monday July 27th in Toronto http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/07/19/damian-conways-talk-the-missing-link-monday-july-27th-in-toronto/ Tech Evangelist Joey deVilla on software development, tech news and other nerdy stuff Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:53:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: hyfen.net » Damian Conway on Aikido, Star Trek, and Perl http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/07/19/damian-conways-talk-the-missing-link-monday-july-27th-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-5159 hyfen.net » Damian Conway on Aikido, Star Trek, and Perl Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:42:57 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/07/19/damian-conways-talk-the-missing-link-monday-july-27th-in-toronto/#comment-5159 [...] His past talks have been described as “engaging”, “mind-blowing”, and “brain bending”. Joey DeVilla adds to the hype : There’s nothing quite like a Damian Conway presentation, which is equal parts pop culture, deep [...] [...] His past talks have been described as “engaging”, “mind-blowing”, and “brain bending”. Joey DeVilla adds to the hype : There’s nothing quite like a Damian Conway presentation, which is equal parts pop culture, deep [...]

]]> By: j_king http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/07/19/damian-conways-talk-the-missing-link-monday-july-27th-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-5127 j_king Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:26:18 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/07/19/damian-conways-talk-the-missing-link-monday-july-27th-in-toronto/#comment-5127 @pierre: Not to mention a flexible "object model," if you can call it that. The Moose::* projects and the idea of roles instead of inheritance where it makes sense is awesome. The language feels like it is owned more by the community than a central doctrine. You don't really get that with the other popular dynamic languages. Modern Perl is a very sane language to be working with. Thought I still prefer Lisp... or Python <i>if I have to</i>. @pierre:

Not to mention a flexible “object model,” if you can call it that. The Moose::* projects and the idea of roles instead of inheritance where it makes sense is awesome. The language feels like it is owned more by the community than a central doctrine. You don’t really get that with the other popular dynamic languages.

Modern Perl is a very sane language to be working with.

Thought I still prefer Lisp… or Python if I have to.

]]> By: Pierre Phaneuf http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/07/19/damian-conways-talk-the-missing-link-monday-july-27th-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-5117 Pierre Phaneuf Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:12:02 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/07/19/damian-conways-talk-the-missing-link-monday-july-27th-in-toronto/#comment-5117 I think it is great irony that over all the popular scripting languages of the moment, Perl has non-crazy scoping and the best closure support (something you'd expect more from a LISPy, clean language). Perl 6 might be too late (it makes Perl much more sensible), and that's kind of too bad... I think it is great irony that over all the popular scripting languages of the moment, Perl has non-crazy scoping and the best closure support (something you’d expect more from a LISPy, clean language). Perl 6 might be too late (it makes Perl much more sensible), and that’s kind of too bad…

]]> By: The Third Bit » Blog Archive » Damian Conway in Toronto July 27 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/07/19/damian-conways-talk-the-missing-link-monday-july-27th-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-5115 The Third Bit » Blog Archive » Damian Conway in Toronto July 27 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:49:28 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/07/19/damian-conways-talk-the-missing-link-monday-july-27th-in-toronto/#comment-5115 [...] shaping up to be a busy week… Noted Perlista Damian Conway is speaking on July 27 at the Bahen Centre, to be followed by DemoCamp on the 28th, and an afternoon of Science 2.0 talks [...] [...] shaping up to be a busy week… Noted Perlista Damian Conway is speaking on July 27 at the Bahen Centre, to be followed by DemoCamp on the 28th, and an afternoon of Science 2.0 talks [...]

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