Learning Perl 6: Keeping the Easy, Hard, and Impossible Within Reach
 
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ISBN13:9781491977682
ISBN10:149197768X
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:456 pages
Size:234x179x30 mm
Weight:786 g
Language:English
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Learning Perl 6

Keeping the Easy, Hard, and Impossible Within Reach
 
Edition number: 1
Publisher: O?Reilly
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If you&&&8217;re ready to get started with Raku (formerly Perl 6), this is the book you want, whether you&&&8217;re a programmer, system administrator, or web hacker. Raku is a new language&&&8212;a modern reinvention of Perl suitable for almost any task, from short fixes to complete web applications. This hands-on tutorial gets you started.

Author brian d foy (Mastering Perl) provides a sophisticated introduction to this new programming language. Each chapter in this guide contains exercises to help you practice what you learn as you learn it. Other books may teach you to program in Raku, but this book will turn you into a Raku programmer.

Learn how to work with:

  • Numbers, strings, blocks, and positionals
  • Files and directories and input/output
  • Associatives, subroutines, classes, and roles
  • Junctions and sets
  • Regular expressions and built-in grammars
  • Concurrency features: Promises, supplies, and channels
  • Controlling external programs and other advanced features