# Search results for ""perl 6"" 457 results, page 2 of 23. Each result is an email: results with the same thread number are in the same thread. The link opens the thread as Markdown, find the email in it by its number. More for agents: search with https://externals.io/search.md?q={query} · RFCs at https://externals.io/rfc.md · JSON API at https://externals.io/api · documentation at https://externals.io/llms.txt 21. [What is the use of "unicode.semantics" in PHP 6?](https://externals.io/message/30362.md) — email #30362 in thread #30173, by Alexey Zakhlestin on 2007-06-29 > … a major version, so I create new major version of my code. Situation is just the same everywhere. Perl5 vs **Perl6**, Cocoa of MacOS-X 10.3/10.4/10.5… If ones need to use some older scripts, they … 22. [Deprecation ideas for PHP 8](https://externals.io/message/103902.md) — email #103902 in thread #103779, by Peter Kokot on 2019-01-31 > … that the only way to truly fix most of these problems would be to create a completely new language, like **Perl6**; or at least a complete rewrite, like Python 3. As those two examples show, the result would be effort … 23. [[RFC][DISCUSSION] Strong Typing Syntax](https://externals.io/message/101526.md) — email #101526 in thread #101477, by Rowan Collins on 2018-01-03 > … ago are here: http://rwec.co.uk/q/php-type-system In that post, I borrowed the term "container" from **Perl6** for the conceptual thing that type constraints are stored against; in PHP's case, this would include variables, object … 24. [New Standardized HTTP Interface](https://externals.io/message/78482.md) — email #78482 in thread #78477, by Rowan Collins on 2014-10-30 > … removal of superglobals. Sure, they're not the best interface out there, but breaking every single codebase out there is not the way to go. Especially if we don't want a **perl6**/python3-like failure to adoption. Yes, t 25. [[RFC] UString](https://externals.io/message/78219.md) — email #78219 in thread #78219, by Rowan Collins on 2014-10-22 > … the internal representation is UTF16, code point access can be accelerated for any string containing only BMP characters (no surrogate pairs). The **Perl6** concept of "NFG" attempts to extend that advantage to grapheme access, and to points outside the BMP. 26. [[RFC] UString](https://externals.io/message/78213.md) — email #78213 in thread #78174, by Andrea Faulds on 2014-10-21 > … meaning in this context, surely? The internal implementation could use UTF-8, UTF-16, or some made-up encoding (like **Perl6**'s "NFG" system) and the user should never need to know (other than to understand performance implications). On the … 27. [Windows build](https://externals.io/message/27312.md) — email #27312 in thread #27290, by Marcus Boerger on 2007-01-06 > … behind **6**.0 long ago :-) For reference, ActiveState python is built on Studio 2003 al la 7.1, while their **perl** is still built VC **6**, if you are looking to coexist more peacefully with one or the other. More … 28. [6.0 And Moving Forward](https://externals.io/message/61383.md) — email #61383 in thread #61204, by David Muir on 2012-07-17 > … 7 (which could be 4 or 5 years out). We don't want to be in the same situation with **6** that python was in with 3, and **perl** was in 5. We want to encourage adoption. Having a PECL … 29. [Namespaces in PHP 6 - ++$take](https://externals.io/message/26547.md) — email #26547 in thread #26472, by Jessie Hernandez on 2006-11-14 > … the parser to know what that symbol is in the compilation phase. As an example: // BEGIN CODE using namespace PEAR::File; $items = File::Find::glob( '!.*.php$!', $dir, '**perl**' ); // END CODE The first statement will add an entry into a hashta 30. [PHP 6.0 Wishlist](https://externals.io/message/18143.md) — email #18143 in thread #18134, by George Schlossnagle on 2005-08-15 > W4: Better lambda/anonymous functions and debugging for them. Consider **Perl**'s anonymous functions which disappear as the references to them disappear. See the create_function() docs for notes about "memory leaks." Well, **Perl** subroutines are first class objects … 31. [PHP 6.0 Wishlist](https://externals.io/message/18121.md) — email #18121 in thread #18096, by George Schlossnagle on 2005-08-15 > … any call to undefined functions. Similar in concept to registering a main::AUTOLOAD in **Perl**. I personally think this would be both useful and evil for all the same reasons that AUTOLOAD is both useful and evil in **Perl**. George 32. [system() behavior different from perl, python, ruby](https://externals.io/message/9772.md) — email #9772 in thread #9772, by Roman Neuhauser on 2004-05-09 > … result is the man page streamed through, and the pager immediately quits. I'm observing this behavior with 4.3.**6** but remember seeing this behavior in 4.0.**6** or something around that time. PHP 4.3.**6** (cli … 33. [[RFC] Add pack()/unpack() endianness modifiers for floating-point numbers](https://externals.io/message/130066.md) — email #130066 in thread #129956, by Alexandre Daubois on 2026-02-10 > Hi Tim, Le ven. **6** févr. 2026 à 21:23, Tim Düsterhus tim@bastelstu.be a écrit : The only comment I have would be that it would make sense to list deprecating g, G, e, and E as a Future … 34. [[RFC] Add pack()/unpack() support for signed integers with specific endianness](https://externals.io/message/128731.md) — email #128731 in thread #128702, by Alexandre Daubois on 2025-09-26 > … will be the next version of PHP? 9.0 or 8.**6**? The next version is likely to be 8.**6**. The 8.5 branch has been cut this week and the NEWS file now targets 8.**6** on master … 35. [Suggestion: Inconsistency: Allow array spread operator to work on string keys](https://externals.io/message/112380.md) — email #112380 in thread #112378, by Chuck Adams on 2020-12-02 > … array_merge is the only one that makes sense. Addition of positional arrays is nonsensical: [1,2,3] + [4,5,**6**] ===> [1,2,3] As for named keys, every other language with a similar construct (**perl**, python, javascript) uses array … 36. [current status of php + Openssl 1.1 builds?](https://externals.io/message/98737.md) — email #98737 in thread #98737, by PGNet Dev on 2017-04-05 > … checkout master git log | head the 'cleanest' build on linux64 + openssl 1.1 I can manage atm, requires this fix **perl** -pi -e '\ s|SSLeay_version\(SSLEAY_VERSION\)|OpenSSL_version\(OPENSSL_VERSION\)|g' \ /work/php-src/ext/openssl/openssl.c … 37. [[RFC] Combined Comparison (Spaceship) Operator](https://externals.io/message/81007.md) — email #81007 in thread #80777, by Andrea Faulds on 2015-01-23 > Hey Yasuo, Ruby has it. Semantics is the same. http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Comparable.html **PERL** has it. Semantics is the same. http://perldoc.**perl**.org/perlop.html#Operator-Precedence-and-Associativity Yep, and I mentioned … 38. [[VOTE][RFC] Unicode Codepoint Escape Syntax](https://externals.io/message/79491.md) — email #79491 in thread #79482, by Lester Caine on 2014-12-09 > … of course). If I saw "\x{abcd}” I'd expect it to be the same as "\xab\xbc”. Plus, while **Perl** has \x{xxxx} syntax, Ruby and ECMAScript **6** have the \u{xxxx} syntax, so \u{xxxx} is already more … 39. [[PHP7] Remove the function keyword from class methods?](https://externals.io/message/77782.md) — email #77782 in thread #77755, by Rowan Collins on 2014-10-04 > … a definition never begins simply "foo() { ... }". This gives the code structure a very different feel to loosely typed languages. ECMAScript **6** is an interesting exception which someone mentioned. But then, ECMAScript **6** is quite a strange language, really - it grafts … 40. [[RFC] intdiv()](https://externals.io/message/75644.md) — email #75644 in thread #75520, by Zeev Suraski on 2014-07-17 > -----Original Message----- From: Kris Craig [mailto:kris.craig@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 **6**:02 AM To: Andrea Faulds Cc: Stas Malyshev; PHP internals Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] intdiv() Perhaps the RFC could have two options … Next page: https://externals.io/search.md?q=%22perl+6%22&page=3