Resources viewed or mentioned ... Ovid's *Perl 6 (a dynamic language) for Mere Mortals* (FOSDEM 2015) http://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2015/03/perl-6-for-mere-mortals---fosdem-video.html http://www.slideshare.net/Ovid/perl-6-for-mere-mortals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpu-3UF_b48
---------- *Fun & Games with Perl 6: Tiny Games * http://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2015/03/tiny-games-with-perl-6.html (Ovid Blog) perl6 for ^6 { say ("⚀".."⚅").roll(3) } # rolls 6 sets of 3d6 .. # *But poker breaks* ... say ( 2..10, <J Q K A> X~ <♡ ♢ ♣ ♠>).pick(5) #broke, # , no longer flattens as it dit in Perl5. # two fixes: say ( (2..10, <J Q K A>).flat X~ <♡ ♢ ♣ ♠>).pick(5) say ( ( |(2..10),|(<J Q K A>)) X~ <♡ ♢ ♣ ♠>).pick(5) # "slip" operator # *See my comment and Aristotle reply that links* http://design.perl6.org/S07.html#Slip ------------------- http://perl6.org/ <== *New website ! * http://rakudo.org/*how-to-get-rakudo*/ <== ... *i used the git/rakudobrew method.* http://perl6.org/documentation/ Perl 6 screencasts → http://szabgab.com/perl6.html#screencast Perl 6 Advent Calendars: 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009. "Perl 6 Programming" on Wikibooks → http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Perl_6_Programming Perl 6 tutorials → http://github.com/perlpilot/perl6-docs http://www.perl6.org/compilers/features <== Comparison https://raw.githubusercontent.com/perl6/mu/master/docs/Perl6/Cheatsheet/cheatsheet.txt *In the news ..*. http://sdtimes.com/perl-6-has-been-unveiled/ & http://perlgeek.de/en/article/5-to-6#post_00 via https://twitter.com/sdtimes/status/652655792764665856 On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 8:06 PM, Bill Ricker <[email protected]> wrote: > > *October* Next Meeting: 2nd Tuesday Oct 13 - Perl 6 is almost here > <http://boston-pm.wikispaces.com/Calendar> > Autumn Theme: Perl 6 for Xmas > Tuesday October 13, 2015 7:30-9:30pm @ MIT E51-376 "Perl 6 - A Dynamic > Language for Mere Mortals" *Author* - *Ovid* (Curtis Poe). > *Abstract* This month Boston.pm presents a recorded talk by Ovid (Curtis > Poe, noted Perl author/blogger/consultant) with live code examples prepared > and demonstrated by Bill Ricker. Ovid describes his talk as, "Perl 6 > <http://perl6.org/> is a great language, but sometimes the enthusiasts > talk about the crazy, scary things you can do with it. In this talk, I > discuss how easy it is to really use." > > We'll have working examples in live Perl6 (Rakudo Perl 6 > <http://rakudo.org/how-to-get-rakudo/>), both copied from the main > presentation to play with immediately on our screen, for kibitzing and > tinkering, plus some other examples to try. > > Program notes: > > - Fall Theme: We're planning to have several Perl 6 <http://perl6.org/> > talks this Fall/Winter, building up to the Perl 6 formal release at > Christmas, including: > - P6 Regex & Grammars > - P6 Concurrency and Asynchrony > - If you have any Perl 6 code to share, maybe as a mini talk before > main talk, or as an intermission, if it fits with a scheduled p6 talk! > - Anyone with things to talk about at future meetings contact Bill > and/or Tom. We can fit short Perl 5 topics in too ! > > *Boilerplate details* > > - Tech Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at MIT > building E51, Sloan School Tang Center [not the other Tang building!] > nearer to Kendall Sq than Mass Ave. (directions > <http://boston-pm.wikispaces.com/MIT+Directions>). > - Talk begins at 7:30. > - Refreshments in the hallway prior. > - RSVP for count encouraged but not required, to [email protected] > or Boston-PM list <http://boston-pm.wikispaces.com/Mailing+Lists>, by > 4pm Tuesday. > - > > > (*NOTE: we're Staying in the wider room 376 second door, not the squarish > 372 first door that we had some terms.)* > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
