How do I learn perl 6

rlb3 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello,

I'm wanting to learn perl 6 syntax, but I haven't seen a tutorial. There are the two perl 6 essentials books, but I keep reading they are out of date. Are they good enough to learn perl 6 from some home projects? I've looked at the examples directory in the pugs svn repository but for alot of the scripts I don't know what I'm looking at. So, I guess what I'm asking what's the best way to learn perl 6 syntax.

rlb3

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Re: How do I learn perl 6 by wazzuteke (Hermit) on Jul 25, 2006 at 17:25 UTC
I had the same question a while back, and have since found a few good places to sneak around. Perl6 Now, the book: A pretty good little read. It uses a Perl 5 base to explain where Perl 6 is heading; I found it to be a good start. Perl6 mailing lists are also a good resource, being that the language is still in development. CPAN's Perl6::.* modules that have been put together. There are a number of them out there now, some of which will convert P5 => P6 and vice-versa (if my memory is holding...) I'd start there - after that you may have alredy stumbled upon others along your journies. Good luck! Update: I should have mentioned earlier - Perl6 Synopsys has a few good links into documents on the rules, etc. of what/where P6 has been (or is going, rather). That may be of good referece as well;) `ha\|\|ta`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I learn perl 6 by lorn (Monk) on Jul 25, 2006 at 17:31 UTC
you can test perl6 on perl5, with this module: http://search.cpan.org/dist/v6-alpha-0.010/lib/v6.pm Lorn -http://lornlab.org -slackwarezine.com.br	[reply]
Re: How do I learn perl 6 by jdrago_999 (Hermit) on Jul 25, 2006 at 20:06 UTC
Just read the synopsis: Click Here.	[reply]
Re: How do I learn perl 6 by asz (Pilgrim) on Jul 26, 2006 at 22:17 UTC
as others pointed out, the Synopses are the ultimate guide to Perl 6, but there are some other nice documents written in the cookbook/tutorial style: Introduction to Perl6 by szabgab Perl 6 Object Oriented Cookbook Perl 6 Cookbook from Pugs SVN repository these documents might not yet be complete, but i think they are useful in showing practical ways to use this wonderful language, that is Perl 6. :)))))	[reply]


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