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 — the language that speaks Unicode”
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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”
The Complete Course of the Raku Programming Language
I am excited to announce that the Complete Course of Raku is now complete. All five parts of the course have been written and published. The original table of contents was refreshed and updated to include a few new items, which are marked with the ‘NEW’ icon. The earlier-published Part 1 got some updates too, in particular, … Continue reading “The Complete Course of the Raku Programming Language”
Chapter 5. Working on Grammar
In this chapter, we’ll review the grammar that was created so far and will try to make some changes to make the grammar and the actions more compact, more readable and more user-friendly. The bigger the language becomes, the more important it is to keep its code maintainable.
In this chapter, we’ll review the grammar that was created so far and will try to make some changes to make the grammar and the actions more compact, more readable and more user-friendly. The bigger the language becomes, the more important it is to keep its code maintainable.
OK, Raku
So, Larry Wall agreed to rename Perl 6 to Raku. Here’s the quote with a nested quote in it: I am in favor of this change, because it reflects an ancient wisdom: “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the … Continue reading “OK, Raku”
On renaming Perl 6
In short: I am against renaming. The longer story Once in a while, another round of the non-ending battle starts, and this time, unfortunately, I was the one who allowed to start it from a public stage. There were a lot of noise around the keynote speakers of PerlCon 2019 in Riga, and in the … Continue reading “On renaming Perl 6”
🦋 109. 42 via the cubes
In the recent days, you might have seen the calculation that leads to getting an exact value of 42, the answer of Life, the Universe and Everything. Let me copy it here, using the power of Perl 6 and its arbitrary precision arithmetics , not to mention the coolness of using superscripts directly in the … Continue reading “🦋 109. 42 via the cubes”
🎁 Christmas sale!
Only until the end of the year, you can buy the Perl 6 Calendar 2019 and Using Perl 6 book as a pack!