On Tue, 11 Aug 2015 21:41:21 -0400, "David H. Adler" <d...@pobox.com> wrote:
> > The reason for my request is to help with a better introduction in my > > modest draft tutorial on converting Perl 5 to Perl 6 code at the Perl > > Monastery. I am comfortable with the example code I use there (which is > > not currently intended to showcase new features), but I am getting several > > comments on why one should even bother with Perl 6? > > In talking to Perl 5 people about my Perl 5 to Perl 6 docuentation, > trying to get some feedback on it from people who aren't already doing > Perl 6, I get this question a lot. So, yes, some kind of document saying > "these are reasons Perl 6 is actually useful" would be very helpful. > > dha *THE* killer feature that will be seen by all beginning perl6 programmers is its awesome error messages. It is a shame that -e runs no-strict, but as I understand it, that is still under discussion. $ perl6 -e'use v6; my Int $this = 1; $thıs++; say $this;' ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e Variable '$thıs' is not declared. Did you mean '$this'? at -e:1 ------> use v6; my Int $this = 1; ⏏$thıs++; say $this; -- H.Merijn Brand http://tux.nl Perl Monger http://amsterdam.pm.org/ using perl5.00307 .. 5.21 porting perl5 on HP-UX, AIX, and openSUSE http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ http://www.test-smoke.org/ http://qa.perl.org http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/
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