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Learning Raku digital cover mock-up

Posted on March 19, 2020 by brian d foy

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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Long Live Raku

Posted on December 1, 2019 by brian d foy

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 […]

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Taiwanese editions of Learning Perl 6

Posted on June 12, 2019 by brian d foy

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 […]

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Preview Learning Perl 6 in Google Books

Posted on September 3, 2018 by brian d foy

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 […]

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Update your Kickstarter reward survey

Posted on August 21, 2018 by brian d foy

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 […]

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The book cover

Posted on August 15, 2018 by brian d foy

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 […]

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Table of contents

Posted on August 14, 2018 by brian d foy

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 […]

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Pre-order Learning Perl 6

Posted on June 19, 2018 by brian d foy

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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A dedicated LearningPerl6 Twitter account

Posted on December 19, 2016 by brian d foy

If you only want my Perl 6 messages, I’ve created a new @LearningPerl6 Twitter account. Like my other @briandfoy_perl is mostly just Perl with some things that Perl people might […]

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Should I just call it P6? or v6?

Posted on December 1, 2016 by brian d foy

I’m working on chapter that I need to turn in to O’Reilly and I keep typing “Perl 6”. It’s annoying. But, what else would I call it? I’m not looking […]

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Raku or Perl 6?

Raku used to be called Perl 6, but changed its name in October 2019. You’ll see both names here, and I’m working on updating the title of the paper book.

Learning Perl 6



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  • Learning Raku digital cover mock-up
  • Reducing comparison operators
  • Long Live Raku
  • Taiwanese editions of Learning Perl 6
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Many resources have not changed the name from Perl 6 to Raku, so these resources may use either.

Raku Design Docs (dated)
Raku Docs
Learn Perl 6 in Y Minutes
Raku modules
Rosetta Code examples
Project Euler examples
Perl 6 Examples
Raku Roast (test suite examples)

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