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Perl 6 Deep Dive

By : Andrew Shitov
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Perl 6 Deep Dive

By: Andrew Shitov

Overview of this book

Perl is a family of high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages consisting of Perl 5 and Perl 6. Perl 6 helps developers write concise and declarative code that is easy to maintain. This book is an end-to-end guide that will help non-Perl developers get to grips with the language and use it to solve real-world problems. Beginning with a brief introduction to Perl 6, the first module in the book will teach you how to write and execute basic programs. The second module delves into language constructs, where you will learn about the built-in data types, variables, operators, modules, subroutines, and so on available in Perl 6. Here the book also delves deeply into data manipulation (for example, strings and text files) and you will learn how to create safe and correct Perl 6 modules. You will learn to create software in Perl by following the Object Oriented Paradigm. The final module explains in detail the incredible concurrency support provided by Perl 6. Here you will also learn about regexes, functional programming, and reactive programming in Perl 6. By the end of the book, with the help of a number of examples that you can follow and immediately run, modify, and use in practice, you will be fully conversant with the benefits of Perl 6.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we looked at the way a Perl 6 program is organized. The source code is written in Unicode, and there are many Unicode elements in the syntax of the language that may be used to make the program more expressive. We also examined how to create and use comments that vary from one-line notes to bigger Pod blocks that may contain documentation about the program. We looked at that ways the parts of the source code may be placed in different phasers to change the flow of the program. And finally, you learned a method for getting input from the users.

Now, we are ready to create real Perl 6 programs. In the next chapter, we will talk about the data types in Perl 6 and how to use variables.