Raku++ is available on many platforms: macOS, Linux and Windows, as well as on small single-board computers such as the Raspberry Pi and the RISC-V Banana Pi board. What about microcontrollers and microcontroller boards? It’s now possible to run Raku programs on Arduino! The classic Arduino Hello, World! is a program that blinks an LED. Arduino … Continue reading “Raku on Arduino”
Raku Course updates
My Complete Course of the Raku programming language got a few useful updates. First, it now covers all the three Raku compilers (Rakudo, Raku++, and mutsu) and gives instructions on how to install and use them. Second, the Course got it’s own mobile application with the whole content and a built-in Raku++ compiler. The users … Continue reading “Raku Course updates”
Raku as a foreign language and more: learn.raku.online
I collected some user-facing pages at a separate subdomain: learn.raku.online. The most interesting part, to my opinion, is the section called ‘Raku as a foreign language’, where Raku is taught as if a student already speaks another language and learns Raku as a second tongue. Other sections on this site: — A Tour of Raku … Continue reading “Raku as a foreign language and more: learn.raku.online”
Better ways to install modules in Raku++
Raku++ comes with its own module manager. It uses a module store compatible with zef, but recent versions offer more convenient ways to install modules in bulk. TL;DR: Install all the dependencies used by the program: $ raku install program.raku Recursively install all the modules found in the directory: $ raku install -r dist/lib (Note … Continue reading “Better ways to install modules in Raku++”
Raku++ on RISC-V and more
Raku++ now fully works on the RISC-V architecture. Today’s release v5.3.0 includes a binary that you can just download and run. Some time ago, Alexey, one of the most enthusiastic Raku++ users, asked me if the compiler could run on that kind of computer. The answer was not that obvious: on the one hand, the … Continue reading “Raku++ on RISC-V and more”
Raku: a language where a value can have several values at once (Part 2)
Last time we saw that a junction is something you may treat as a single value, even though it’s more than that. For example, you can add a number to three numbers at once: my $j = 1 | 2 | 3; ($j + 10)>>.say; # 11, 12, 13, one per line Knowing this helps … Continue reading “Raku: a language where a value can have several values at once (Part 2)”
Using Raku in Python
TL;DR: $ pip install rakulang $ python Python 3.14.4 (main, Aug 20 2026, 10:41:58) [GCC 15.2.0] on linux Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information. >>> import rakulang >>> rakulang.interpreter().eval(“sub postfix:<!>($n) {[*] 1..$n}; say 5!”) 120 True >>> Raku in a Python program In other words, you can now use Raku in your … Continue reading “Using Raku in Python”
Raku++ v5.0.0 reaches 100.00% of Roast
The new version of Raku++, v5.0.0, has been released and it passes 100.00% of Roast. Roast is a test suite for Raku conformance: if an implementation passes it, it can call itself a Raku implementation. So Raku++ is formally an official Raku implementation now. I added .00% to the number on purpose, as a rounded … Continue reading “Raku++ v5.0.0 reaches 100.00% of Roast”
Raku++ module manager
This latest Raku++ release v4.0.0 is called Raku that travels. That suggests that you can take Raku with you and use it beyond the Raku bubble. One of the goals of the release was to ensure that at least 1000 modules from the Raku ecosystem works with Raku++. And that goal was achieved: a bit … Continue reading “Raku++ module manager”
Raku: la lingua dove posso parlare italiano
(Raku: the language where I can speak Italian) There are a few interesting modules in the L10N namespace in the Raku ecosystem: L10N itself and the family of L10N::… modules written by different authors (I added three just yesterday). What these modules allow you to do is switch the built-in keyword dictionary of the language … Continue reading “Raku: la lingua dove posso parlare italiano”
Raku: a language where a value can have several values at once (Part 1)
If you did not get the idea from the title, here’s an example straight away: my $x = 5; say “OK” if $x == 3 | 5 | 7; This program prints OK, as $x holds 5, which is one of the options listed in 3 | 5 | 7. The construct 3 | 5 … Continue reading “Raku: a language where a value can have several values at once (Part 1)”
Native GUI with Raku
With Raku being a general-purpose programming language (or, more precisely, a multi-paradigm language), you still think of it as more of a language to write programs that compute or do something with text or serve the web, but not interfaces. So I decided to answer a question if we can create full GUIs with Raku. … Continue reading “Native GUI with Raku”
Raku: a language that counts to infinity (Part 2)
In this part, let’s look at infinite sequences from another angle: let’s start collecting the values. First of all, Raku has a pair of built-in routines gather and take. They are useful when you need to collect data that’s computed along the way. For example: my @data = gather { for ^50 { my $value … Continue reading “Raku: a language that counts to infinity (Part 2)”
Early Raku++ adopters
For the first time in ~18 years, I am genuinely excited to use Perl 6 (Raku) again. <…> Finally usable for real-world scenarios!perlancer on X The Raku++ project started on July 1. Today it’s been about two months since then, so let me tell you about some external activities where other people are already using … Continue reading “Early Raku++ adopters”
Raku: a language that counts to infinity (Part 1)
We’ve already seen that Raku understands characters like ∞, and it would be logically that you can use them with ease, similar to any other constructs of the language. Take, for example, a sequence with no definite end. You define a pattern and take as many items as you need. say (1, 1, * + … Continue reading “Raku: a language that counts to infinity (Part 1)”
What is Raku++
Raku++ is a compiler for the Raku programming language. It’s an independent implementation in C++ and its source code is located in the ash/rakupp repo on GitHub. Interpreter and Compiler Raku++ is both an interpreter and a compiler. You can pass your Raku program to the single rakupp binary: % cat > hello.raku say ‘Hello, … Continue reading “What is Raku++”
Live coding in Raku
Raku.online now has the “Live” checkbox, which you can use to see the results of running your Raku program in real time. Below is the recording of solving the tasks of this week’s Weekly Challenge.
Raku: a language that speaks Unicode
Raku is by design a language that supports Unicode. So, yes, Unicode is special for both Raku and Raku++. This all starts from the visible surface, like when you can type Greek letters and use math symbols — even easier than you do it in LaTeX (in case you know how to type in non-ASCII … Continue reading “Raku: a language that speaks Unicode”
My Raku books online
After finishing the Raku Course I decided that it would be great to publish all my books about Raku in a similar online format. You can still buy the books on Amazon, but you can also read it in a browser, and even run some code examples right there. So, The Complete Course of Raku, … Continue reading “My Raku books online”
Raku in a Browser
Raku is a rich programming language; it took years to design and implement. That’s why running it in a browser seems an ambitious goal. Nevertheless, that’s mostly possible. Meet raku.online — a fully standalone Raku++ engine called Raku.js running in a browser. There are three main panels here: source code on the left, output panel … Continue reading “Raku in a Browser”