Perl 6 today
By Patrick Michaud (Pm) from DFW.pm
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009 11:00 AM
Duration: 45 minutes
Target audience: Any
Language:
Rakudo Perl (Perl 6 on Parrot) continues to progress nicely, and new features of the language are being added all of the time. This talk presents some of the cool features of Perl 6 that are currently available in Rakudo Perl, including:
* Special Perl 6 operators
* Classes, objects, and roles
* Grammars and regular expression matching
* Type checking
All of the examples in the talk will contain working Perl 6 code that can be used today in Rakudo Perl.
The talk will also provide an update on the development status and planned release schedule for Rakudo Perl and Parrot.