Perl 6
Perl 6 Information and Resources Super-Page: Revision 4
((Under construction.))
This page is an *approximate* combination {directory, table of contents, and index} of *key* Perl 6 {information and resources} on this wiki (and elsewhere).
[Documentation]
[Perl 6 Executive Summary]
((Executive Summary To do: incorporate these feature as applicable (ref: "next big language")))
1. Object-literal syntax for arrays and hashes
2. Array slicing and other intelligent collection operators
3. Perl 5 compatible regular expression literals
4. Destructuring bind (e.g. x, y = returnTwoValues())
5. Function literals and first-class, non-broken closures
6. Standard OOP with classes, instances, interfaces, polymorphism, etc.
7. Visibility quantifiers (public/private/protected)
8. Iterators and generators
9. List comprehensions
10. Namespaces and packages
11. Cross-platform GUI
12. Operator overloading
13. Keyword and rest parameters
14. First-class parser and AST support
15. Static typing and duck typing
16. Type expressions and statically checkable semantics
17. Solid string and collection libraries
18. Strings and streams act like collections
[Articles and Presentations]
[Articles and Presentations (Archive)]
[Learn About Perl 6]
[Glossary of Terms and Jargon]
[Download Perl 6]
[Getting Involved]
[Rakudo Hacking]
[Parrot Compiler]
[Parrot]
[Perl 6 People]
[WITCH guidelines]
[Perl 6 Index Tablet]
[Whats_up?]
[Perl 6 Tablets]
[Perl 6 History Tablet]
[Perl 6 Links Tablet]
[Perl 6 Delta Tablet]
[Best Of Perl 6 Tablet]
[Perl 6 Lookup Tablet]
[Perl 6 Intro Tablet]
[Perlito]
[Synopses]
[Test Suite]
[Specification]
[STD.pm]
[Rakudo]
[Project Overview]
[Perl 6 Tutorial]
[Implementations]
[Historical Implementations]
[KindaPerl6]
[Perl 6 for Perl 5]
[Perl 6 Quotes]
[Development Dashboard]
[Perl 6 apps and modules]
[WITCH]
[Related Projects]
[FUD]
[Rakudo Star]
[SMOP]
[Open source Perl 6 book]
[Perl 6 Books and Media]
[FAQ]
[DistributionFormat]
[Perl 6 RSS News Feeds and Headlines]
[Perl 6 Donors, Sponsors, and Supporters]
[Perl 6 Donations and Fundraising]
[Pugs Diagnostics]
[Perl 6 Tutorial Part 1]
[The Long Perl 6 Super-Feature List]
[Amazing Perl 6]
[Mail Lists, IRC, Archives]
[Summer of Code Ideas]
[Upcoming Events]
[perl6 tasks]
[What can I do with Perl 6 today?]
[When will Perl 6 be released?]
[SMOP Values Not Subject to Garbage Collection]
[November]
[Perl 6 Operators Tablet]
[Perl 6 Variables Tablet]
[Roadmap to helping with Development]
[Perl 6 hackathon targets]
[SMOP Status]
[rakudo feature status]
[A Guide to the Pugs Repository for Rakudo Hackers]
[Test Suite Refactoring]
[Smart Linking]
[Using Perl 5 Embedding]
[Perl 6 Job Listings]
[Perl 6 Marketplace]
[CPAN6]
[feather]
[Apache Modules]
[Perl 6 Prospectus]
[Perl 6 Newsgroup Threads of Interest]
[Larry Wall's Talks]
[State of the Onion]
[Old YAP6 Changelog]
[Lists of pages]
[Meeting agendas]
[Project Plans]
This page is an *approximate* combination {directory, table of contents, and index} of *key* Perl 6 {information and resources} on this wiki (and elsewhere).
[Documentation]
[Perl 6 Executive Summary]
((Executive Summary To do: incorporate these feature as applicable (ref: "next big language")))
1. Object-literal syntax for arrays and hashes
2. Array slicing and other intelligent collection operators
3. Perl 5 compatible regular expression literals
4. Destructuring bind (e.g. x, y = returnTwoValues())
5. Function literals and first-class, non-broken closures
6. Standard OOP with classes, instances, interfaces, polymorphism, etc.
7. Visibility quantifiers (public/private/protected)
8. Iterators and generators
9. List comprehensions
10. Namespaces and packages
11. Cross-platform GUI
12. Operator overloading
13. Keyword and rest parameters
14. First-class parser and AST support
15. Static typing and duck typing
16. Type expressions and statically checkable semantics
17. Solid string and collection libraries
18. Strings and streams act like collections
[Articles and Presentations]
[Articles and Presentations (Archive)]
[Learn About Perl 6]
[Glossary of Terms and Jargon]
[Download Perl 6]
[Getting Involved]
[Rakudo Hacking]
[Parrot Compiler]
[Parrot]
[Perl 6 People]
[WITCH guidelines]
[Perl 6 Index Tablet]
[Whats_up?]
[Perl 6 Tablets]
[Perl 6 History Tablet]
[Perl 6 Links Tablet]
[Perl 6 Delta Tablet]
[Best Of Perl 6 Tablet]
[Perl 6 Lookup Tablet]
[Perl 6 Intro Tablet]
[Perlito]
[Synopses]
[Test Suite]
[Specification]
[STD.pm]
[Rakudo]
[Project Overview]
[Perl 6 Tutorial]
[Implementations]
[Historical Implementations]
[KindaPerl6]
[Perl 6 for Perl 5]
[Perl 6 Quotes]
[Development Dashboard]
[Perl 6 apps and modules]
[WITCH]
[Related Projects]
[FUD]
[Rakudo Star]
[SMOP]
[Open source Perl 6 book]
[Perl 6 Books and Media]
[FAQ]
[DistributionFormat]
[Perl 6 RSS News Feeds and Headlines]
[Perl 6 Donors, Sponsors, and Supporters]
[Perl 6 Donations and Fundraising]
[Pugs Diagnostics]
[Perl 6 Tutorial Part 1]
[The Long Perl 6 Super-Feature List]
[Amazing Perl 6]
[Mail Lists, IRC, Archives]
[Summer of Code Ideas]
[Upcoming Events]
[perl6 tasks]
[What can I do with Perl 6 today?]
[When will Perl 6 be released?]
[SMOP Values Not Subject to Garbage Collection]
[November]
[Perl 6 Operators Tablet]
[Perl 6 Variables Tablet]
[Roadmap to helping with Development]
[Perl 6 hackathon targets]
[SMOP Status]
[rakudo feature status]
[A Guide to the Pugs Repository for Rakudo Hackers]
[Test Suite Refactoring]
[Smart Linking]
[Using Perl 5 Embedding]
[Perl 6 Job Listings]
[Perl 6 Marketplace]
[CPAN6]
[feather]
[Apache Modules]
[Perl 6 Prospectus]
[Perl 6 Newsgroup Threads of Interest]
[Larry Wall's Talks]
[State of the Onion]
[Old YAP6 Changelog]
[Lists of pages]
[Meeting agendas]
[Project Plans]
