Learning Perl 6. Keeping the Easy, Hard, and Impossible Within Reach

f you’re ready to get started with Raku (formerly Perl 6), this is the book you want, whether you’re a programmer, system administrator, or web hacker. Raku is a new language—a modern reinvention of Perl suitable for almost any task, from short fixes to complete web applications.

• Each chapter in this guide contains exercises to help you practice what you learn as you learn it.

This hands-on tutorial gets you started.Author brian d foy (Mastering Perl) provides a sophisticated introduction to this new programming language. Other books may teach you to program in Raku, but this book will turn you into a Raku programmer.Learn how to work with:Numbers, strings, blocks, and positionalsFiles and directories and input/outputAssociatives, subroutines, classes, and rolesJunctions and setsRegular expressions and built-in grammarsConcurrency features: Promises, supplies, and channelsControlling external programs and other advanced features