
Perl 6 Essentials
O'Reilly (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-596-00499-6 (ISBN)
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Description
"Perl 6 Essentials" is a sneak-preview of Perl 6, the widely-anticipated rewrite of the Perl programming language. Still in development, the Perl 6 project is a community-based effort to keep Perl vibrant well into the 21st century. This book covers the development not only of Perl 6 syntax but also Parrot, the language-independent interpreter developed as part of the Perl 6 design strategy. Although Perl remains a vibrant language with a fiercely loyal following, it has undergone many changes to keep up with new technologies and applications that were not anticipated when Perl was first introduced in 1987. Through its community-based development model, Perl has kept up with changing times and remained fresh when other languages might have stagnated. Internally, however, there have remained kinks and stumbling blocks that developers have needed to sidestep, long-abandoned features that have been maintained only for backwards compatibility, misdirected phrasings that have hindered more intuitive syntax structures, and a cacophony of modules that sometimes work well together, but occasionally don't.
Perl continues to have a strong following devoted to its development, but in the meantime, a group of core Perl developers have begun working on Perl 6, a complete rewrite of the Perl language. While Perl's creative philosophy and common-sense syntax are sure to remain in Perl 6, everything else in the language is being re-examined and recreated.
Perl continues to have a strong following devoted to its development, but in the meantime, a group of core Perl developers have begun working on Perl 6, a complete rewrite of the Perl language. While Perl's creative philosophy and common-sense syntax are sure to remain in Perl 6, everything else in the language is being re-examined and recreated.
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Edition
1., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
282 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-596-00499-6 (9780596004996)
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Allison Randal | Dan Sugalski | Leopold Toetsch
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Persons
Allison Randal is the assistant project manager of the Perl 6 core development team. She has been working closely with Damian Conway and Larry Wall on Perl 6 and has co written the "synopses" of Perl 6. She is dedicated to the success of the project and is one of the very first to learn about anything new that's proposed for Perl 6. Dan Sugalski is the chief architect for Parrot, the interpreter engine for Perl 6. He's been a Perl 5 core developer for years, writing more than a dozen modules in the process. He's been a contributor to The Perl Journal and The Perl Review, as well as the O'Reilly Network.Leopold Totsch hails from Austria where he first started working with computers in 1976. He is an independent software developer who has been exploring and developing open source software since 1991. He's a frequent contributor to isdnlog (an open source project for monitoring ISDN lines and optimizing telephone costs) and spends the majority of his free time working on Parrot, the language-independent interpreter developed as part of the Perl 6 design strategy.
Content
Preface 1. Project Overview The Birth of Perl 6 In the Beginning ... The Continuing Mission 2. Project Development Language Development Parrot Development 3. Design Philosophy Linguistic and Cognitive Considerations Architectural Considerations 4. Syntax Variables Operators Control Structures Subroutines Classes and Objects Grammars and Rules 5. Parrot Internals Core Design Principles Parrot's Architecture The Interpreter I/O, Events, Signals, and Threads Objects Advanced Features Conclusion 6. Parrot Assembly Language Getting Started Basics Working with PMCs Flow Control Stacks and Register Frames Lexicals and Globals Subroutines Writing Tests PASM Quick Reference 7. The Intermediate Code Compiler Getting Started Basics Flow Control Subroutines IMCC Command-Line Options IMCC Quick Reference Index