Andrew Shitov
Perl 6 at a Glance
Andrew Shitov. Perl 6 at a Glance
Reviewed by Elizabeth Mattijsen
Programming languages series
Published by DeepText
Amsterdam, January 2017
ISBN 978-90-821568-3-6
Feedback: mail@deeptext.media
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This book is about Perl 6, a programming language of the Perl family. It covers many basic and deep topics of the language and provides the initial knowledge you need to start working with Perl 6. The book does not require any previous knowledge of Perl.
The Perl 6 programming language has a long story. It emerged in 2000 and got its first stable specification in 2015. This book is the first one based on the standard 6.c of the language.
A lot of examples and explanations let you follow the ideas of the language design and will help you to start programming in Perl 6 right away.
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150
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300+
code examples
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6.c
modern Perl 6
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Chapter 1. Perl 6 Essentials
Hello, World! ~
Variables ~
Built-in types
Chapter 2. Operators
Prefixes ~
Postfixes ~
Method postfixes ~
Infix operators ~
Numerical operators ~
String operators ~
Universal comparison operators ~
List operators ~
Junction operators ~
Shortcut operators ~
Other infix operators ~
Meta-operators ~
Hyper-operators
Chapter 3. Code Organization
Subroutines, or subs ~
Variables and signatures ~
Anonymous code blocks ~
Placeholders ~
Function overloading ~
Modules
Chapter 4. Classes
Class attributes ~
Class methods ~
Inheritance ~
Multiple inheritance ~
Private (closed) methods ~
Submethods ~
Constructors ~
Roles
Chapter 5. New Concepts
Chapter 6. Regexes and Grammars
Regexes ~
The $/ object ~
Grammars
Appendix
Unicode ~
Whatever (*) ~
Files ~
Programming for the Internet ~
Database access
