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Mark Senn
mark at purdue.edu
Mon Sep 17 06:12:58 PDT 2018
Perl 6 is Perl 5 redesigned and rewritten from the ground up but it
still feels like programming in Perl 5. In my opinion, Perl 6 is a much
better language than Perl 5---Perl 5 is more mature now but if Perl 6 has
all the packages you need I suggest you start using it to get familar
with it.
An easy-to-read, description of "How subroutine signatures work in Perl
6" for beginners is available at
https://opensource.com/article/18/9/signatures-perl-6
It's easy to read, not too long, and covers basic knowledge one needs to
define their own Perl 6 subroutines.
For me, the best way to learn Perl 6 has been by reading articles like
the above. The knowledge is bite-sized, gives you enough to do simple
things, but doesn't cover all the material a reference manual does.
Perl 6 is powerful---it is hard to try and learn everything at once.
-mark
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