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Perl 6 for Mere Mortals

Curtis “Ovid” Poe · talk · Watch on YouTube

Python, Ruby & scripting languagesProgramming language design

What it is

Curtis Poe's FOSDEM talk arguing that day-to-day Perl 6 is far simpler than its enthusiasts' talk of exotic features suggests. He compares basic math and string handling across languages.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Offered as a pragmatic, convincing counter to the idea that Perl 6 is too strange to use.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2015

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's a talk I gave at FOSDEM explaining how day-to-day Perl 6 is fairly straightforward and easier than people think”

    FOSDEM talk showing day-to-day Perl 6 is straightforward.

    Ovid, 2015-05 · Recommendation · in “Three Tales of Second System Syndrome”

  2. “I found this talk pretty convincing about pragmatism”

    Talk found convincing about Perl 6 pragmatism.

    agumonkey, 2015-10 · Recommendation · in “Larry Wall Unveils Perl 6.0.0”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: perl 6, raku, fosdem, programming languages

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