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Perl 6 Synopsis 5

Posted by timothy on from the making-the-impossible-accessable dept.

XaXXon writes: "perl.com has Synopsis 5 for Perl 6 up. It's a brief overview of all the changes made in Larry Wall's Apocalypse 5. Lots of stuff about the new regex syntax. I must admit, however, that I'm getting tired of reading about perl 6 -- I want to start using it." We posted Larry Wall's 5th Apocalypse in May.

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  1. So why don't you? by JoshuaDFranklin · · Score: 3, Informative
    I must admit, however, that I'm getting tired of reading about perl 6 -- I want to start using it.

    Well, go right ahead. From the Parrot VM, the Perl6 engine, page:

    Can I use Parrot today?

    Well, almost. :^) Parrot is in the early phases of its implementation. The primary way to use Parrot is to write Parrot assembly code, described in PDD6.

    Use Perl6--Write some Parrot assembly, and help out!