https://github.com/briandfoy/perl5faq_in_perl6

Answers to the perlfaq from Perl 5, but in Perl 6
https://github.com/briandfoy/perl5faq_in_perl6

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Answers to the perlfaq from Perl 5, but in Perl 6

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/briandfoy/perl5faq_in_perl6
• Owner: briandfoy
• License: other
• Created: 2016-12-19T20:22:21.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-08-24T20:10:51.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-30T20:05:32.551Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: faq, perl, perl6
• Language: Raku
• Size: 54.7 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING
  • License: LICENSE

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# The Perl 5 FAQ, answered in Perl 6

This is not the [Perl 6 FAQ](https://docs.perl6.org/language/faq).

These are the questions from the [Perl 5

FAQ](http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq.html) but answered in Perl 6.

This is not intended as a replacement for the official Perl 6 FAQ,

although that document is free to steal what it likes under the

Artistic License 2.0.

## The answers

There are several opportunities in providing new answers to old

questions. We can show off Perl 6.

Some things may be easier, and some things may not be problems

anymore. Noting those situations, even if the task is trivial, can

make Perl 6 look better.

Some tasks merely need the right example or module pointer, or the

name of the tool to use.

### Cookbook answers

Many of the questions in the Perl 5 version are more cookbook-based.

The questioner is interested in accomplishing a task and want to know

how to do it in Perl 5. The perlfaq usually showed a simple solution

in pure Perl 5 without the use of modules. Some recommended a module.

People will want to do the same sort of tasks in Perl 6.

### Gotcha answers

Some questions deal with common gotcha programming problems. These

were often interesting edge cases that aren't obvious from the

documentation or the behavior of other parts of the language. Perl 6

might have fixed many of these.

### Meta-programming answers

Not *meta-object* answers! These questions are about the programming

process and the tools to make that happen. People already have their

process and want to do the same thing with the Perl 6 tools.

## License

This project is licensed under the Artistic License 2. A LICENSE file

should have come with the distribution.