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Perl 6 Gets Beta Compiler, Modules and an Advent Calendar (thenewstack.io)
An anonymous reader writes: A "useful and usable distribution of Perl 6" was released Saturday, a new beta version of the Rakudo compiler to support the coming production release this Christmas. And there's already 467 Perl 6 modules on the new archive at proto.perl6.org (though Perl 6 will also be able to load modules written in other languages). "Perl has a huge community of avid users that continues to thrive in spite of detractors," says one developer, pointing to new applications for big data, in a new article reporting that over one million people have downloaded ActivePerl's own Perl distribution just in 2015. And this week also saw the release of two new "Advent Calendars" of programming tips, one for Perl 5 and one for Perl 6.
> Perl isn't meant to be simple, it's meant to be expressive.
I can express myself by writing a comment, or I can run down the middle of my town naked with peanut butter smeared all over me while shouting gibberish.
I know which one I am doing right now.
Love sees no species.
Aha! A Python-eer in Perl-monger clothing!!
O vile Apostate! May your Python 3 and all of its descendents forever live in the shadow of Python 2!
Since the Apostate hath claimed to have been a devotee of Perl, let us, the faithful Perl-Mongers, treat him as the apostate he is and casteth his anonymous screed into the depths of -2 anonymity.
May all the faithful cast aspersions and down-votes upon the vile post of the parent!
I can express myself by writing a comment, or I can run down the middle of my town naked with peanut butter smeared all over me while shouting gibberish.
Hi, neighbor, you missed a spot.
When carp started crashing in response to a bad bug I realized that ...
Really? That sounds fishy to me.
SJW n. One who posts facts.