| Distilling many years of Perl experience--including an
insiders look at Perl development (the authors are members
of the Perl 6 core development team)--Perl 6 and Parrot
Essentials, 2nd Edition is an unparalleled preview of major
changes in the widely-anticipated Perl 6. This sneak peek of
what's coming in Perl includes succinct but thorough
coverage of groundbreaking new developments in Parrot--the
language-independent interpreter engine that will execute
code written in the new Perl 6 language. Designed to be
language independent, Parrot can be used to interpret other
dynamic languages such as Python, Tcl, Ruby, and even Java.
Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials also uncovers the most
revolutionary change in the language itself--Apocalypse 12
on objects. The Apocalypse design documents (in the sense
of "revealing", not "end-of-the-world") explain significant
changes in new Perl 6 features, numbered according to the
chapters in O'Reilly's landmark Camel book , Programming
Perl.
Apocalypse 12 is the result of cutting-edge research in
object-oriented languages and is guaranteed to grab the
attention of any serious Perl programmer. Perl 6 and Parrot
Essentials also includes expanded coverage of Apocalypse 5
(regular expressions) and Apocalypse 6 (subroutines).
Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials is the only book available to
chart the course of the long but fruitful voyage of Perl 6.
It reveals all the ingenious developments that will make
Perl 6 more powerful and easier to use.
Perl gurus and programmers alike will rely on this slim but
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to ensure they hit the ground running once this important
new version of Perl is released.
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