For *nix, don't use a suffix. #! does the job. For Windows, you'll want to leave .pl and .pm for Perl 5.
On 1/12/16, Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: > In Perl 5 it seems the prevailing convention (in my experience) is to > use ".pl" for Perl programs and ".pm" as file suffixes for Perl > modules. > > In Perl 6 I have seen in the various repos, blogs, and doc both ".pl", > ".p6", and ".pl6" for programs and both ".pm" and ".pm6" for modules. > > Is there any consensus or preferred set of file extensions for Perl 6 > in use among the heavy-hitter developers? > > I try not to be overly concerned about such matters, but consistency > does help IMHO, and I would like to use community best practices when > I can > > Thanks. > > Best regards, > > -Tom >
