Perl 6
Perl 6 Prospectus: Revision 6

Contents



Under construction by Conrad Schneiker. Please feel free to contribute. Especially needed: diagramatic illustrations.

The Prospects and Implications of Perl 6 + CPAN6

This page explains why Perl 6 + CPAN6 are incredibly important, and why you should support them (even if you never plan to use them).

Executive Summary

Overview of the extended Perl 6 ecosystem

Perl 6, the most pragmatically-powerful general-purpose scriptable programming language

CPAN6, the new programming "Library of Alexandra"

Runtime platforms

The Parrot dynamic languge VM, for keeping up with Moore's Law parallelism and more

Javascript (Browsers)

Implications of Perl 6 + CPAN6 + Parrot

Commercial programming implications

Academic implications for teaching programming and computer science

Economic implications

Science and technology implications


Upload Files

Click "Browse" to find the file you want to upload. When you click "Upload file" your file will be uploaded and added to the list of attachments for this page.

Maximum file size: 50MB

 
 
 
File Name Author Date Uploaded Size

Save Page As

Enter a meaningful and distinctive title for your page.

Page Title:

Tip: You'll be able to find this page later by using the title you choose.

Page Already Exists

There is already a page named XXX. Would you like to:

Save with a different name:

Save the page with the name "XXX"

Append your text to the bottom of the existing page named: "XXX"

Upload Files

Click "Browse" to find the file you want to upload. When you click "Add file" this file will be added to the list of attachments for this page, and uploaded when you save the page.

 
 
 
Add Tags

Enter a tag and click "Add tag". The tag will be saved when you save the page.

Tag: 

Suggestions: