Learning Perl 6 won’t be renamed Learning Raku until at soonest the next major release cycle (maybe in a couple of years), although the latest cover for the reprint says […]
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Reducing comparison operators
Brad Gilbert saw my Effective Perl post about script runs (a stable feature in v5.32) and offered this Raku version on Twitter: # Perl 5: /(*script_run:(\d+))/ / \d+ <?{ [eq] […]
Read moreLong Live Raku
In October 2019, Perl 6 changed its name to Raku. I think it’s a good move to let the language stand on its own two feet. I’ve updated the older […]
Read moreTaiwanese editions of Learning Perl 6
Learning Perl 6 has its first translation. I know that the translators worked hard on it because I answered many questions for them. It is on sale now at KingStone […]
Read moreRakudo Star 2018.10 is in Chocolatey
Rakudo Star 2018.10 is now in Chocolatey as the rakudostar package. There’s something to note here: Steve Mynott has he’s not going to prepare another Rakudo Star release. That doesn’t […]
Read morePreview Learning Perl 6 in Google Books
Most O’Reilly books have extensive previews on Google Books, and that’s true for the Learning Perl 6 preview too. You can check out the beginning of the book. If you […]
Read moreUpdate your Kickstarter reward survey
The book is going to the printers so I’ll have the paper book rewards soon. It’s been awhile since the Kickstarter backers responded to the survey to supply their shipping […]
Read moreThe book cover
The book production is in its final phases. Now that we know how big the book is (a literal measurement), we know how wide the spine is (note the physical […]
Read moreTable of contents
Now that the book is done I have the table of contents (PDF). That’s quite a feat considering I re-ordered some chapters only a couple of months ago! The end […]
Read morePre-order Learning Perl 6
You can now pre-order Learning Perl 6 (Amazon US link). You’ve been able to do that for awhile but I didn’t want to say anything until I knew it was […]
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