[Chicago-talk] Meeting May 28 - Getting Into Perl 6

David Mertens dcmertens.perl at gmail.com
Fri May 8 10:41:46 PDT 2015


15 years, actually: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_6#History

It started with Larry's State of the Onion in July, 2000.

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Hal Wigoda <hal.wigoda at gmail.com> wrote:

> How long has Perl 6 been in development?
> Over 10 years?
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 7:31 AM, David Mertens <dcmertens.perl at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Any chance this can be recorded and posted on youtube? :-)
>>
>> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:10 AM, Doug Bell <madcityzen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You may have heard that Perl 6[1] is making its debut this Christmas;
>>> This is the perfect time to get involved and help the team get through the
>>> last mile. Rob Hoelz[2] will walk through making a change to the Rakudo
>>> compiler [3], which will make it easier to make your own changes and help
>>> out! A brief rundown of the evening:
>>>
>>> * A quick intro to Perl 6 for newbies
>>> * A brief overview of the Perl 6 ecosystem
>>> * A tour of the Rakudo compiler's source
>>> * Going through the compiler and making the change
>>>
>>> Join us on Thursday, May 28 at 7:00 PM. RSVP on the Chicago.PM Meetup
>>> page: http://www.meetup.com/ChicagoPM/events/222390262/
>>>
>>> If you've got Perl problems, questions, or just want to meet fellow Perl
>>> programmers, come to Office Hours on Thursday, May 14.
>>>
>>> RSVP for Office Hours on the Chicago.PM Meetup page:
>>> http://www.meetup.com/ChicagoPM/events/221766093/
>>>
>>> [1]: Perl 6: http://perl6.org
>>> [2]: Rob Hoelz: http://hoelz.ro
>>> [3]: The Rakudo Perl 6 project: http://rakudo.org
>>>
>>> Doug Bell
>>> madcityzen at gmail.com
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>>   Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
>>   by definition, not smart enough to debug it." -- Brian Kernighan
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 "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
  Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
  by definition, not smart enough to debug it." -- Brian Kernighan
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