Distilling the knowledge of those who helped create it, Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, Second Edition is an unparalleled preview of major changes in the widely anticipated Perl 6. Still in development, the Perl 6 project is a community-based effort to build a 21st-century programming language. This book is an introduction to the latest in-development technology of Perl 6, which includes an insider's look at Perl development by authors who are members of the Perl 6 core development team. This sneak peek of what's coming in Perl covers the development not only of Perl 6 syntax but also includes succinct but thorough coverage of groundbreaking new developments in Parrot, the language-independent virtual machine developed as part of Perl 6. Designed to be language-independent, Parrot can be used to interpret other dynamic languages such as Python, Tcl, Ruby, and even Java. This book offers an explanation of the various stages of the project, with reference material for programmers who are interested in the planned changes or who want to contribute to the project. Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, Second Edition will satisfy their curiosity and show how changes in the language will make Perl more powerful and easier to use.
1 Project Overview
2 Project Development
3 Design Philosophy
4 Basic Syntax
5 Subroutiners
6 Objects
7 Grammars and Rules
8 Parrot Internals
9 Parrot Assembly Language
10 Parrot Intermediate Representation
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