Re: Where to start?

2016-11-19 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 11/18/2016 06:34 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I just install rakudi-star in my Fedora 24 virtual machine. I know how to program and run things in perl 5. Can someone point me to a how to that will show me the basic template for running a perl 6 program in Linux. Also, do I need to run p

[perl #130136] [RFC] Proc.new has $nl parameter while everything else seems to have separate $nl-in and $nl-out

2016-11-19 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Aleks-Daniel Jakimenko-Aleksejev # Please include the string: [perl #130136] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130136 > It seems like there is a lot of confusion going on with $nl vs $nl-in

Re: Where to start?

2016-11-19 Thread Parrot Raiser
>> >> Can someone point me to a how to that will show me the >> basic template for running a perl 6 program in Linux. >> The most important thing is to ensure that perl 6 is normally executable, i.e. in a directory in $PATH. >> do I need to run perl6 through a compiler or does it compile on the f

Announce: Rakudo Perl 6 compiler, Release #105 (2016.11)

2016-11-19 Thread zoffix
# Announce: Rakudo Perl 6 compiler, Release #105 (2016.11) On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I’m very happy to announce the November 2016 release of Rakudo Perl 6 #105. Rakudo is an implementation of Perl 6 on the Moar Virtual Machine[^1]. This release implements the 6.c version of the

[perl #130042] [CONC] t/04-nativecall/20-concurrent.t flops

2016-11-19 Thread Zoffix Znet via RT
Based on AppVeyor, this test still flops, but only on Windows: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/moritz/rakudo/build/1.0.1552/job/3009q95at2axp4i7 I'm re-fudging the test and re-opening this ticket. On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 05:09:35 -0800, c...@zoffix.com wrote: > This is fixed in > https://github.com

[perl #130131] [LTA][BUG] sub MAIN cannot accept enum argument

2016-11-19 Thread Zoffix Znet via RT
I'm re-opening this, as the Enum conversion is too eager now: https://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6-dev/2016-11-19#i_13595331 Basically, now MAIN can never take strings False or True, because those get converted to Bools and any other enums will fail to match, unless they're expected.

Re: What is rakudo-star?

2016-11-19 Thread Steve Mynott
No that's an incomplete version lacking the modules which makes rakudo into rakudo star. Most importantly panda (the module installer) is missing. Neither does it even have full docs since perl6intro.pdf is missing. Really that single RPM should be renamed rakudo not rakudo star or at least marked

Re: What is rakudo-star?

2016-11-19 Thread Steve Mynott
Because the Rakudo 2016.10 which was released didn't install correctly on Windows. I'm hoping to release a test version of 2016.11 (which should work) this weekend. S On 19 November 2016 at 05:51, Moritz Lenz wrote: > > On 19.11.2016 03:14, _ ifdog wrote: > > So why there is not a star release

Re: Where to start?

2016-11-19 Thread Steve Mynott
Rakudo Star has some documentation supplied with it (although the Fedora version may not since it seems incomplete). Try looking at http://perl6intro.com/ S On 19 November 2016 at 05:46, Moritz Lenz wrote: > Hi, > > On 19.11.2016 03:34, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I just install