On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:04 PM ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote:
> I presume you have P5's perldocs installed. Pick > out any functions (perldoc -f name) and take > a look at how extraordinarily simple their explanations > are to understand. You almost never have to ask for help. > From my two postings on "words" you can tell the difference > in understanding. > Perl 5 barely has types, so there's nothing to document. Perl 6 has a whole bunch of types. You will need to learn to look up any type that you do not already know. English is not a programming language, so it will not help you with understanding what Positional is. Or Callable. Or Mix, or any of the other types and roles in Perl 6. Perl 5 has none of these, so it is never a problem in Perl 5. Instead you have to memorize a bunch of weird special case rules for the things Perl 5 does know about -- and perldoc expects you to have done so. You don't notice because you've already memorized them. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh allber...@gmail.com
