raiph

> this is a fundamental contradiction of any interpretation of "surprisingly consistent". So my interpretation doesn't count?

Hi @rcmlz I'd like to suggest you consider further fleshing out some things related to this issue you've started. I've written [a gist about that](https://gist.github.com/raiph/4606e71be3e06acd5bcad01c41fa8b82).

@jubilatious1 > "magic" and "magical actions" should be reduced to a minimum What do *you* mean by "magic"? What difference do *you* mean when you separate "magic" from "magical action"?...

@jubilatious1 Two overall points. If you don't understand something, it's good to only use it to try understand it. And if something matches your expectations, that itself doesn't mean it...

@jubilatious1 > It's an undeniable fact that if you remove the parens I referred to, you don't get the desired two-column "word, last-letter" output Sure. (I always run code that...

> when on rakudo.org, you can click on "Issue Trackers" in the main menu, and one of the options is "This website" Right. But I just went through the same...

> How is the design of the RakuAST interface discussed? Have you seen the material produced so far? For example [the RakuAST README](https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/blob/main/src/Raku/ast/README.md) and various videos/presentations by jnthn? > The...

FTR, two related SO posts with answers by jnthn: * [Concurrency: how to share a cache-hash safely?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74543381/concurrency-how-to-share-a-cache-hash-safely) * [Are push and pop operation for hashes and arrays atomic and thread-safe?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61354013/are-push-and-pop-operation-for-hashes-and-arrays-atomic-and-thread-safe)

> IN MY OPINION, the third way of the untwigil is a MISSTEP in language features since it is at the same time easier to write and harder to use...

@codesections While you're about it: jnthn wrote: > Ah, and the empty string always matches. What does that mean? Hmm. Let's assume a character class expression ``. If `foo` isn't...