[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Date Index]
[Thread Index]
- Subject: Re: [ANN] lglob (was: Convenient undefined variable checking script)
- From: Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@...>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:16:59 +0100
On Jan 30, 2013, at 6:18 AM, steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's another subtle difference between 5.1 and 5.2 encoding getting us
> here. (BTW, _ENV is not treated specially yet for 5.2)
Yes, this is all for 5.2. And yes, _ENV is special in 5.2 :)
> Static analysis of dynamic languages starts out optimistically like
> Napoleon invadiing Russia in the Summer, and then gets bogged down in
> the Winter ;)
To paraphrase Ted Neward [1]:
The Berezina [2] of Computer Science: Static Analysis Of Dynamic Languages
But even a trouncing could be turned into beautiful artifacts, see Minard chart of Napoleon's Russian Campaign [3].
[1] http://blogs.tedneward.com/2006/06/26/The+Vietnam+Of+Computer+Science.aspx
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berezina
[3] http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/posters
