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Perl 6
Perl 6 Tablets: Revision 29
These are the Perl 6 Tablets, a comprehensive manual, aimed to support many different ways of learning. The content is nicely sorted and indexed and many links allow you to follow your interest freely. For a lightweight introduction, try the Perl 6 Tutorial. If its too easy, read the specs.
DISCLAIMER: completely translated are currently only the introduction and 5 appendices. Tablet 2: Basic Syntax (Spaces, Comments, Literals, Quoting, Formatting) Tablet 3: Variables (Sigils, Twigils, Assignment, Typing, Scopes) Tablet 4: Operators (Comparison, Math, String, Logic, Metaops) Tablet 5: IO (Command Line, Files, Sockets, Network, Misc.) Tablet 6: Blocks (Conditions, Loops) Tablet 7: Subroutines (Signatures, Modules) Tablet 8: Objects (Classes, Roles) Tablet 9: Regex (Rules, Grammars) Tablet 10: Metaprogramming (Macros, DSL) Appendix A: Index (all ops, builtins, methods and it terms, alphabetically ordered) Appendix B: Tables, short reference (cheat sheets ans summary tables) Appendix C: Cookbook (chunks of everyday Perl 5, translated into idiomatic Perl 6) |