Diamond <> or fileinput-like input handling (was Re: what type $in,$out and $err is)

On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 11:54 AM Ralph Mellor [ralphdjmel...@gmail.com](mailto:ralphdjmel...@gmail.com) wrote: On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 7:26 PM Xiao Yafeng wrote: > >> Besides, just curious, why choose '_' as default it

RE: Perl6 use cases

N6Ghost, I use Perl 6 exclusively now for "systems" work. - SSH commands to 500 systems to gather their info using promises/supplies/channels - make Perl 6 modules for cantankerous system management utilities, then write scripts that use my .pm6 modules for various purposes

Re: what type $in,$out and $err is

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 7:26 PM Xiao Yafeng wrote: > Besides, just curious, why choose '_' as default it looks strange > Turns out it's deprecated in 6.d: https://marketing.perl6.org/id/1541379592/pdf_digital

Re: Libre Office Calc

There is a perl5 module for uno the libreoffice language bridge. Found this article https://www.vigovproductions.net/interactive/automating-libreoffice-using-perl-and-uno.html Sayth On Mon., 5 Nov. 2018, 8:47 am ToddAndMargo via perl6-users, < perl6-users@perl.org> wrote: > Hi Al, > > I have

Re: Perl6 use cases

Hi, whenever I want to have fun, and I need to parse a non-trivial file format, dealing with the output of special purpose software performing analysis on experimental data, I choose Perl 6 due to the fact that composability makes grammars very readable and logical-looking. On the other end, I

Re: Perl6 use cases

Hi, I use Perl 6 all the time, wherever I can. But for some things I do, I can't use Perl 6, for example Android apps, or embedded chip programming. I have used a number of languages, starting with Fortran and assembler, then Pascal, Snobol, C and recently Java and php. Perl 6 can be used