Re: questions about array references and captures

2010-07-29 Thread Darren Duncan
R. Dresens wrote: I have some issues with the behavior related to array references and their actual replacements known as "captures" (as far as I'm correct). Captures are not replacements for Arrays in general; they serve different purposes. Use an Array when you want to have a simple ordered

questions about array references and captures

2010-07-29 Thread R. Dresens
Hello, I've been experimenting with Perl 6 for quite a while, and so now and then I upgrade my Rakudo installation. Today, I upgraded to Rakudo star. I have some issues with the behavior related to array references and their actual replacements known as "captures" (as far as I'm correct). Suppo

Re: Rakudo Star - a useful, usable, "early adopter" distribution of Perl 6

2010-07-29 Thread Jerome Quelin
On 10/07/29 07:23 -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > On behalf of the Rakudo and Perl 6 development teams, I'm happy to > announce the July 2010 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable > distribution of Perl 6. The tarball for the July 2010 release is > available from

Re: how to pkg/distrib Perl 6 modules?

2010-07-29 Thread Darren Duncan
Tadeusz Sośnierz wrote [off-list]: On 29-07-2010 14:37:54, Darren Duncan wrote: Now that, with Rakudo Star, it is relatively straightforward to install and use Perl 6, I'm wondering about the next step. I want to start writing and distributing Perl 6 modules in an easily installable but non-bun

how to pkg/distrib Perl 6 modules?

2010-07-29 Thread Darren Duncan
Now that, with Rakudo Star, it is relatively straightforward to install and use Perl 6, I'm wondering about the next step. I want to start writing and distributing Perl 6 modules in an easily installable but non-bundled manner, much as how one can do so today with Perl 5 modules. What is the

Re: Rakudo Star - a useful, usable, "early adopter" distribution of Perl 6

2010-07-29 Thread Kiffin Gish
Good stuff, let's celebrate! On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 07:23 -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > On behalf of the Rakudo and Perl 6 development teams, I'm happy to > announce the July 2010 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable > distribution of Perl 6. The tarball for the July 2010 release is

Re: Rakudo Star - a useful, usable, "early adopter" distribution of Perl 6

2010-07-29 Thread Gabor Szabo
Congratulations and thank you! I have started to collect the links to the press coverage of the release: http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6/index.cgi?rakudo_star_press Please help me collect all the important links! Gabor

Re: Rakudo Star - a useful, usable, "early adopter" distribution of Perl 6

2010-07-29 Thread Xiao Yafeng
Congratulations! On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > On behalf of the Rakudo and Perl 6 development teams, I'm happy to > announce the July 2010 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable > distribution of Perl 6.  The tarball for the July 2010 release is > available f

Rakudo Star - a useful, usable, "early adopter" distribution of Perl 6

2010-07-29 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On behalf of the Rakudo and Perl 6 development teams, I'm happy to announce the July 2010 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable distribution of Perl 6. The tarball for the July 2010 release is available from . Rakudo Star is aimed at "early adopter