Changeset 9982 for docs/Perl6/FAQ

Timestamp:

04/17/06 16:00:06 (3 years ago)

Author:

gaal

Message:

r10033@sike: roo | 2006-04-17 16:59:04 +0300

• FAQ::FUD - English tweaks

Files:

• docs/Perl6/FAQ/FUD.pod (modified) (6 diffs)

docs/Perl6/FAQ/FUD.pod

@@ -26 +26 @@
 =head2 Perl 6 has too many operators!
 
-Compared to Perl 5, Perl 6 has a few more operators -- and a few I<less>
+Compared to Perl 5, Perl 6 has a few more operators -- and slightly I<fewer>
 precedence levels. This doesn't automatically make the language harder to
 learn. Many operators are there to make your life much easier. Many tedious
@@ -102 +102 @@
 
 To get idiomatic Perl 6, yes, you will need to rewrite the code by hand.
-Whether this is worth the effort is up to you to decide. Keep in mind that Perl
-5 will not suddenly disappear.
+Whether this is worth the effort is up to you to decide. Rest assured
+that Perl 5 will not suddenly disappear.
 
 =head2 Perl 6 is hard to learn!
@@ -115 +115 @@
 
 Many things that required manual fiddling are now automatic. Especially in
-object oriented programming, the differences are huge. Perl 5 supported OOP,
-but didn't do much to help you do so. Perl 6 has a very complete object model.
-Perl 5 was, because of its complexity when dealing with objects, not well
-suited for teaching OO to beginners.
+object oriented programming, the differences are huge. Perl 5 supported
+OOP, but didn't do much to help you write in it. Perl 6 has a very
+complete object model. Perl 5 was not well suited for teaching OO to
+beginners, because of its explicit complexity when dealing with objects.
 
 Perl 6 aims to be much more usable in academic programming, and for first time
@@ -127 +127 @@
 While a release date is purposefully not given, there is no reason to assume
 that it will never be released. Building a language that supports all the ways
-of programming currently known to man, but also ways that are entirely new to
-us, is challenging and takes a lot of time. Perl 5 has been around for over 15
+of programming currently known to man (as well as some entirely new ones)
+is challenging and takes a lot of time. Perl 5 has been around for over 15
 years, and Perl 6 will also be built to last at least 20.
 
@@ -207 +207 @@
 =head2 It takes too long to port all CPAN modules!
 
-=head2 "Programming Perl" will be three volumes!
+=head2 I<Programming Perl> will be three volumes!
 
 =head2 POD will still not support OO and Grammars!
@@ -223 +223 @@
 =head2 Perl 6 will not be able to fix the line noise stigma!
 
-=head2 Perl 6 is un-necessary and hurting Perl 5 development!
+=head2 Perl 6 is unnecessary and is hurting Perl 5 development!
 
 =head2 There is too much misinformation surrounding Perl 6!