Diamond <> or fileinput-like input handling (was Re: what type $in,$out and $err is)

On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 11:54 AM Ralph Mellor [ralphdjmel...@gmail.com](mailto:ralphdjmel...@gmail.com) wrote: On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 7:26 PM Xiao Yafeng wrote: > >> Besides, just curious, why choose '_' as default it

RE: Perl6 use cases

N6Ghost, I use Perl 6 exclusively now for "systems" work. - SSH commands to 500 systems to gather their info using promises/supplies/channels - make Perl 6 modules for cantankerous system management utilities, then write scripts that use my .pm6 modules for various purposes

Re: Libre Office Calc

On Mon., 5 Nov. 2018, 8:47 am ToddAndMargo via perl6-users, mailto:perl6-us...@perl.org>> wrote: Hi Al, I have been relegated to having to learn Libre Office's macro language (some kind of basic variant). Just out of curiosity, there are Python modules for Calc, does Perl 6

Re: what type $in,$out and $err is

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 7:26 PM Xiao Yafeng wrote: > Besides, just curious, why choose '_' as default it looks strange > Turns out it's deprecated in 6.d: https://marketing.perl6.org/id/1541379592/pdf_digital

Re: Announce: Raku Perl 6 'Diwali' 6.d Language Specification Release

> This announcement is available in a form of a colourful PDF brochure: > https://marketing.perl6.org/id/1541379592/pdf_digital > A massive applause for this, even though the announcement was so inconspicuous that I had actually reverted to the inbox to collect the next message before a little

Re: Libre Office Calc

There is a perl5 module for uno the libreoffice language bridge. Found this article https://www.vigovproductions.net/interactive/automating-libreoffice-using-perl-and-uno.html Sayth On Mon., 5 Nov. 2018, 8:47 am ToddAndMargo via perl6-users, < perl6-us...@perl.org> wrote: > Hi Al, > > I have

Re: Perl6 use cases

Hi, whenever I want to have fun, and I need to parse a non-trivial file format, dealing with the output of special purpose software performing analysis on experimental data, I choose Perl 6 due to the fact that composability makes grammars very readable and logical-looking. On the other end, I

Re: Perl6 use cases

Hi, I have been using it for a couple of years and my main use case is heavy and complex syntactic analysis. In my experience no other language comes close for this kind of use. Perl6 takes some getting used to, but it is well-designed. Some aspects of the design are not yet part of the

Re: Perl6 use cases

Hi, I use Perl 6 all the time, wherever I can. But for some things I do, I can't use Perl 6, for example Android apps, or embedded chip programming. I have used a number of languages, starting with Fortran and assembler, then Pascal, Snobol, C and recently Java and php. Perl 6 can be used