Perl 6
Perl 6: Revision 193
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^^ Welcome to the Official Perl 6 Wiki
(Also see the "Official Parrot Wiki"<http://www.perlfoundation.org/parrot> and the "Official Perl 5 Wiki"<http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5>.)
^^^ Perl 6 is the "Super-Perl" successor of Perl 5
* "We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing." — Larry Wall (2000).
* "The Perl 6 design process is about keeping what works in Perl 5, fixing what doesn't, and adding what's missing. That means there will be a few fundamental changes to the language, a large number of extensions to existing features, and a handful of completely new ideas. These modifications, enhancements, and innovations will work together to make the future Perl even more insanely great...." — Damian Conway (2003).
* "Perl 6 and Parrot have some extremely ambitious goals, and it’s my belief that the value and impact of our hard work and patience is going to play out for a very long time — that is, over at least many decades." — Patrick Michaud (2006).
^^^ First Look Shortcuts
*If you ...*
* are curious, read "What is Perl 6?"<http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2006/01/12/what_is_perl_6.html>, [Learn About Perl 6], and [The Long Perl 6 Super-Feature List].
* want to learn abou Perl 6 in general, explore the [Documentation].
* want to help Perl 6 be released faster, read about [Getting Involved] and "Perl 6 Sponsors and Supporters"{link: [Perl 6 People] Perl 6 Sponsors and Supporters (Thanks!!)}.
* want to talk to developers about Perl 6, read [Mail Lists, IRC, Archives] about IRC channel #perl6.
* want to read the latest Perl 6 news, see the {link: Perl 6 News} section below, or see the combined [Perl 6 RSS News Feeds].
* are interested in Perl 6 books, products, services, jobs, etc., see [Perl 6 Books and Media] and the [Perl 6 Marketplace].
^^ Main Sections
^^^ Introduction
* [Learn About Perl 6] (What it is, articles, anti-FUD, etc.)
* [The Long Perl 6 Super-Feature List] (Perl 6++! "All Your Paradigms Are Belong To Us." :-)
* "Run Perl 6 Now"<http://run.pugscode.org/> (_Play with Perl 6 in your browser, right now! No installation needed._ Based on [Pugs].)
* [Glossary of Perl 6 Terms and Jargon] ("-Ofun", IRC and newsgroup slang, "Perl 6" versus "perl6".)
* [Larry Wall's Talks] (Postmodern design theory and other forms of ingenius pramatism, plus the [State of the Onion] series.)
* [Perl 6 Articles and Presentations] (The pace is definitely picking up.)
* [Perl 6 People] (Sponsors and supporters, plus who is doing what, who is interested in what, potential collaborators, etc.)
^^^ Development Status
* [What Can I do with Perl 6 Today] (Also see "Run Perl 6 Now"<http://run.pugscode.org/> to run [Pugs] in a browser.)
* The "weekly Perl 6 design meeting" minutes are posted to "chromatic's journal"<http://use.perl.org/~chromatic/journal/>, and then show up on "Planet Parrot"<http://planet.parrotcode.org/> and at "Rakudo.org"<http://www.rakudo.org/>.
* [When will Perl 6 be released?] (Maybe something by this Christmas, if you and enough other people help out: see [Getting Involved] and "Perl 6 Sponsors and Supporters"{link: [Perl 6 People] Perl 6 Sponsors and Supporters (Thanks!!)}.)
** [Development Dashboard] (Perl 6 project status and plans.)
** "STATUS file in languages/perl6"<http://svn.perl.org/parrot/trunk/languages/perl6/docs/STATUS> (Links to the Parrot svn.)
** [State of the Onion] (Larry Wall's yearly Perl status reports, with much humor-infested commentary on Perl 6 design philosophy, processes, and illuminating insights.)
^^^ Implementations
* [Perl 6 implementations] ("TMTOWTDI"<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_is_more_than_one_way_to_do_it>!)
** [Pugs] (Perl 6 compiler implemented in Haskell.)
*** "Run Perl 6 Now"<http://run.pugscode.org/> (Runs [Pugs] in a browser.)
** [KindaPerl6] (A bootstrapping Perl 6 compiler with multiple emitter backends.)
** [Rakudo] (Perl 6 on Parrot; [Parrot] is a virtual machine for dynamic languages, especially including Perl 6.)
** [Perl 6 for Perl 5] (Including Perl 5.10, Perl 6-ish modules, etc.)
** [SMOP] (Simplistic Meta Object Programming / Small Matter Of Programming: a non-VM C runtime engine for running Perl 6.)
^^^^ Downloads
* [Download Perl 6] (Yield to temptation!)
* [Download Pugs]
* Download [Rakudo] (Perl 6 on Parrot.)
^^^ Documentation and Other Information
* General [Documentation] (Current synopses, cookbook, Perl 6 code examples and test suites, etc.)
* "The Official Documents that describe Perl 6"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/> (The official specification documents, frequently updated with section-specific test statistics.)
* "Installable Perl 6 Docs"<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Perl6-Doc/> (A CPAN module of the P6 docs.)
* [Perl Table] (Soon-to-be the big, all-in-one tutorial with index, tables, and comparisons.)
* [WITCH] ("What Is This Character Here" is a useful symbolic index of Perl 6 symbols and operators.)
* "FAQ"<http://www.programmersheaven.com/2/Perl6-FAQ> (Another great resource.)
* "QuickStart"<http://www.programmersheaven.com/2/Perl6-QuickStart> (Easy, near-instant gratification.)
* "Introduction to Perl 6"<http://www.szabgab.com/perl6.html> (Course slides with many examples; a work-in-progress.)
* [Perl 6 Articles and Presentations]
** [Perl 6 microarticles] (The "Yet another Perl 6 operator" YAP6 series and more.)
* [Perl 6 Newsgroup Threads of Interest].
* [Perl 6 Books and Media].
* [FUD] (Some non-ballistic responses.)
^^^^ Additional information
* [Mail Lists, IRC, Archives] (Developer and user hotlines, plus logs and archives.)
* [Getting Involved] (Help hack Perl 6, or write new test cases, or work on docs.)
* [Related Projects] (CPAN6, PITA, and more.)
* [Perl 6 Marketplace] (Products, services, jobs, and so on.)
^^^^ About This Wiki
* [About This Wiki] (License and other info.)
* "Wiki 101"{link: [About This Website] Wiki 101} (How you can work on this Wiki.)
* "What Goes On This Wiki?"{link: [About This Website] What Goes On This Wiki?}
* "What Does Not Go On This Wiki?"{link: [About This Website] What Does Not Go On This Wiki?}
* [Content Wanted] (More, more, more, and still more.)
* [Discuss this website] (Posting to perl6.users is more likely to get useful attention.)
^^^ Perl 6 News Outlets
* "The Perl Foundation"<http://www.perlfoundation.org/> announces Perl 6 grants, etc.
* "Perl 6 and Parrot links"<http://perl6.cz/wiki/Perl_6_and_Parrot_links> accumulates major Perl 6 and Parrot news items (perl6.cz wiki).
* "The Perl Review"<http://www.theperlreview.com/> is published quarterly (both in print and PDF).
* [Perl 6 RSS News Feeds] is a convenient all-in-1 auto-generated current list of the most recent articles from all of these sites:
** "Planet Perl Six"<http://planetsix.perl.org/> aggregates many Perl 6 blogs. (Note: see last section below for an auto-generated list of the latest contents.)
** "Planet Parrot"<http://planet.parrotcode.org/> aggregates many [Parrot] blogs (and carries the weekly Perl 6 design meeting minutes).
** "Perl.com"<http://www.perl.com/> often carries Perl 6 articles.
** "Perlbuzz"<http://www.perlbuzz.com/> often carries Perl 6 news.
** "Rakudo.org"<http://www.rakudo.org/> carries Rakudo Perl (Perl 6 on Parrot) news (and carries the weekly Perl 6 design meeting minutes).
** "Planet Perl"<http://planet.perl.org/> mostly carries Perl 5 news, but Perl 6 news items are becomming more frequent.
^^^^ Latest Planet Perl 6 Postings
The current list below is auto-generated when you load this page.
{fetchrss: http://planetsix.perlfoundation.org/rss20.xml}
^^ Welcome to the Official Perl 6 Wiki
(Also see the "Official Parrot Wiki"<http://www.perlfoundation.org/parrot> and the "Official Perl 5 Wiki"<http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5>.)
^^^ Perl 6 is the "Super-Perl" successor of Perl 5
* "We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing." — Larry Wall (2000).
* "The Perl 6 design process is about keeping what works in Perl 5, fixing what doesn't, and adding what's missing. That means there will be a few fundamental changes to the language, a large number of extensions to existing features, and a handful of completely new ideas. These modifications, enhancements, and innovations will work together to make the future Perl even more insanely great...." — Damian Conway (2003).
* "Perl 6 and Parrot have some extremely ambitious goals, and it’s my belief that the value and impact of our hard work and patience is going to play out for a very long time — that is, over at least many decades." — Patrick Michaud (2006).
^^^ First Look Shortcuts
*If you ...*
* are curious, read "What is Perl 6?"<http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2006/01/12/what_is_perl_6.html>, [Learn About Perl 6], and [The Long Perl 6 Super-Feature List].
* want to learn abou Perl 6 in general, explore the [Documentation].
* want to help Perl 6 be released faster, read about [Getting Involved] and "Perl 6 Sponsors and Supporters"{link: [Perl 6 People] Perl 6 Sponsors and Supporters (Thanks!!)}.
* want to talk to developers about Perl 6, read [Mail Lists, IRC, Archives] about IRC channel #perl6.
* want to read the latest Perl 6 news, see the {link: Perl 6 News} section below, or see the combined [Perl 6 RSS News Feeds].
* are interested in Perl 6 books, products, services, jobs, etc., see [Perl 6 Books and Media] and the [Perl 6 Marketplace].
^^ Main Sections
^^^ Introduction
* [Learn About Perl 6] (What it is, articles, anti-FUD, etc.)
* [The Long Perl 6 Super-Feature List] (Perl 6++! "All Your Paradigms Are Belong To Us." :-)
* "Run Perl 6 Now"<http://run.pugscode.org/> (_Play with Perl 6 in your browser, right now! No installation needed._ Based on [Pugs].)
* [Glossary of Perl 6 Terms and Jargon] ("-Ofun", IRC and newsgroup slang, "Perl 6" versus "perl6".)
* [Larry Wall's Talks] (Postmodern design theory and other forms of ingenius pramatism, plus the [State of the Onion] series.)
* [Perl 6 Articles and Presentations] (The pace is definitely picking up.)
* [Perl 6 People] (Sponsors and supporters, plus who is doing what, who is interested in what, potential collaborators, etc.)
^^^ Development Status
* [What Can I do with Perl 6 Today] (Also see "Run Perl 6 Now"<http://run.pugscode.org/> to run [Pugs] in a browser.)
* The "weekly Perl 6 design meeting" minutes are posted to "chromatic's journal"<http://use.perl.org/~chromatic/journal/>, and then show up on "Planet Parrot"<http://planet.parrotcode.org/> and at "Rakudo.org"<http://www.rakudo.org/>.
* [When will Perl 6 be released?] (Maybe something by this Christmas, if you and enough other people help out: see [Getting Involved] and "Perl 6 Sponsors and Supporters"{link: [Perl 6 People] Perl 6 Sponsors and Supporters (Thanks!!)}.)
** [Development Dashboard] (Perl 6 project status and plans.)
** "STATUS file in languages/perl6"<http://svn.perl.org/parrot/trunk/languages/perl6/docs/STATUS> (Links to the Parrot svn.)
** [State of the Onion] (Larry Wall's yearly Perl status reports, with much humor-infested commentary on Perl 6 design philosophy, processes, and illuminating insights.)
^^^ Implementations
* [Perl 6 implementations] ("TMTOWTDI"<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_is_more_than_one_way_to_do_it>!)
** [Pugs] (Perl 6 compiler implemented in Haskell.)
*** "Run Perl 6 Now"<http://run.pugscode.org/> (Runs [Pugs] in a browser.)
** [KindaPerl6] (A bootstrapping Perl 6 compiler with multiple emitter backends.)
** [Rakudo] (Perl 6 on Parrot; [Parrot] is a virtual machine for dynamic languages, especially including Perl 6.)
** [Perl 6 for Perl 5] (Including Perl 5.10, Perl 6-ish modules, etc.)
** [SMOP] (Simplistic Meta Object Programming / Small Matter Of Programming: a non-VM C runtime engine for running Perl 6.)
^^^^ Downloads
* [Download Perl 6] (Yield to temptation!)
* [Download Pugs]
* Download [Rakudo] (Perl 6 on Parrot.)
^^^ Documentation and Other Information
* General [Documentation] (Current synopses, cookbook, Perl 6 code examples and test suites, etc.)
* "The Official Documents that describe Perl 6"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/> (The official specification documents, frequently updated with section-specific test statistics.)
* "Installable Perl 6 Docs"<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Perl6-Doc/> (A CPAN module of the P6 docs.)
* [Perl Table] (Soon-to-be the big, all-in-one tutorial with index, tables, and comparisons.)
* [WITCH] ("What Is This Character Here" is a useful symbolic index of Perl 6 symbols and operators.)
* "FAQ"<http://www.programmersheaven.com/2/Perl6-FAQ> (Another great resource.)
* "QuickStart"<http://www.programmersheaven.com/2/Perl6-QuickStart> (Easy, near-instant gratification.)
* "Introduction to Perl 6"<http://www.szabgab.com/perl6.html> (Course slides with many examples; a work-in-progress.)
* [Perl 6 Articles and Presentations]
** [Perl 6 microarticles] (The "Yet another Perl 6 operator" YAP6 series and more.)
* [Perl 6 Newsgroup Threads of Interest].
* [Perl 6 Books and Media].
* [FUD] (Some non-ballistic responses.)
^^^^ Additional information
* [Mail Lists, IRC, Archives] (Developer and user hotlines, plus logs and archives.)
* [Getting Involved] (Help hack Perl 6, or write new test cases, or work on docs.)
* [Related Projects] (CPAN6, PITA, and more.)
* [Perl 6 Marketplace] (Products, services, jobs, and so on.)
^^^^ About This Wiki
* [About This Wiki] (License and other info.)
* "Wiki 101"{link: [About This Website] Wiki 101} (How you can work on this Wiki.)
* "What Goes On This Wiki?"{link: [About This Website] What Goes On This Wiki?}
* "What Does Not Go On This Wiki?"{link: [About This Website] What Does Not Go On This Wiki?}
* [Content Wanted] (More, more, more, and still more.)
* [Discuss this website] (Posting to perl6.users is more likely to get useful attention.)
^^^ Perl 6 News Outlets
* "The Perl Foundation"<http://www.perlfoundation.org/> announces Perl 6 grants, etc.
* "Perl 6 and Parrot links"<http://perl6.cz/wiki/Perl_6_and_Parrot_links> accumulates major Perl 6 and Parrot news items (perl6.cz wiki).
* "The Perl Review"<http://www.theperlreview.com/> is published quarterly (both in print and PDF).
* [Perl 6 RSS News Feeds] is a convenient all-in-1 auto-generated current list of the most recent articles from all of these sites:
** "Planet Perl Six"<http://planetsix.perl.org/> aggregates many Perl 6 blogs. (Note: see last section below for an auto-generated list of the latest contents.)
** "Planet Parrot"<http://planet.parrotcode.org/> aggregates many [Parrot] blogs (and carries the weekly Perl 6 design meeting minutes).
** "Perl.com"<http://www.perl.com/> often carries Perl 6 articles.
** "Perlbuzz"<http://www.perlbuzz.com/> often carries Perl 6 news.
** "Rakudo.org"<http://www.rakudo.org/> carries Rakudo Perl (Perl 6 on Parrot) news (and carries the weekly Perl 6 design meeting minutes).
** "Planet Perl"<http://planet.perl.org/> mostly carries Perl 5 news, but Perl 6 news items are becomming more frequent.
^^^^ Latest Planet Perl 6 Postings
The current list below is auto-generated when you load this page.
{fetchrss: http://planetsix.perlfoundation.org/rss20.xml}
