https://github.com/zostay/raku-intro
A quick introduction to why I think Raku is great
https://github.com/zostay/raku-intro
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A quick introduction to why I think Raku is great
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/zostay/raku-intro
- Owner: zostay
- Created: 2016-08-29T16:43:04.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2016-08-29T19:57:28.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-06-17T03:43:57.313Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: Perl6
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- Size: 1.32 MB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# Introduction to Perl 6
This is a talk I am giving to a local group of techs called flinthills.io. I am
uploading the slides here for their reference.
All of the code here has been posted to glot.io to make it easy for them to try
out in a browser:
To install and run these locally, visit the Perl 6 web site and click on the
**Download Rakudo Perl 6** and follow the instructions:
For some additional talks that are most certainly better than mine, the first
two being intros like my talk and the two by Michaud being tutorials that
introduce language features in a way that can help you start to use it:
* Curtis “Ovid” Poe, [Perl 6 — Why People Are So
Excited](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR9UdvxMAbo) at FOSDEM ‘16
* Damian Conway, [On the Shoulders of
Giants](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq2HkAYbG5o) at The Perl Conference,
North America, ‘16
* Patrick Michaud, [Perl 6 for beginners - Part 1 of
2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySch4xpoPA0) at The Perl Conference, North
America, ‘16
* Patrick Michaud, [Perl 6 for beginners - Part 2 of
2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycLU424NPUw) at The Perl Conference, North
America, ‘16
And to learn more you can try these sites:
* [Learn X in Y Minutes Where X = Perl 6](https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/perl6/)
* [Perl 6 Documentation](https://docs.perl6.org/)