[Purdue-pm] Rakudo Perl 6

[Mark Daniel Ward]

This was very helpful!  Thank you for sharing!

Best wishes,
Mark


On 12/31/12 1:42 AM, Bradley Andersen wrote:
> I have a short intro to Perl 6 (which results in a somewhat long blog
> entry) if anyone is interested: http://theperlguy.com/.  Mark has
> already read it and given me a couple pointers.  I'd be interested in
> getting comments and improving it.  It might also be useful for anyone
> who hasn't yet touched p6.
>
> Happy $Holidays,
> /bda
>
> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Mark Senn <mark at purdue.edu> wrote:
>> Purdue Perl Mongers,
>>
>> Rakudo Perl 6 continues to get more complete, bug-free, and faster.  I
>> like it much better than Perl 5 but don't suggest using it for
>> production code until it is more mature, unless you're an innovator or
>> early adopter (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations)
>> and have time to experiment with an immature technology.
>>
>> I did some benchmarks for a Perl 6 program I use once a week.  Here are
>> the results:
>>      RAKUDO VERSION    PARROT VERSION    SPEED
>>      --------------    --------------    -----
>>      2012.05           4.4.0  rev 0      1
>>      2012.11           4.6.0  rev 0      1.10
>>      2012.12           4.10.0 rev 0      1.34
>>
>> -mark
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