Workaround for Perl 5's __DATA__

2016-01-16 Thread Tom Browder
I have tried this in my Perl 6 code (v6.c): =begin DATA blah blah2 =end DATA Then: for $=DATA.lines -> $line { # process a line } but I get this message: Pod variable @=DATA not yet implemented. Sorry. Is there any workaround for this other than putting the data in an array? Thanks. Best

Re: Needed: Rakudo Star with 6.c Christmas Perl 6 release

2016-01-16 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 1:40 PM, James E Keenan wrote: > Is there a timeline for the release of a Rakudo Star with 6.c? > I don't think there is a specific timeline, but given the rakudo bug fixes since 6.c (in particular with CompUnitRepo, which would have made it difficult to install the modul

Re: Needed: Rakudo Star with 6.c Christmas Perl 6 release

2016-01-16 Thread Brock Wilcox
I think folks were shooting for sometime-this-month. On Jan 16, 2016 1:40 PM, "James E Keenan" wrote: > Today, I posted on the ny.pm mailing list an announcement that I will > attempt to organize a Perl 6 Beginners study group in New York City. > > I have been advised that for an introductory-lev

Needed: Rakudo Star with 6.c Christmas Perl 6 release

2016-01-16 Thread James E Keenan
Today, I posted on the ny.pm mailing list an announcement that I will attempt to organize a Perl 6 Beginners study group in New York City. I have been advised that for an introductory-level group, the Rakudo Star release would be the way to go. However, when I went here: http://rakudo.org/