Hi Tom,
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 01:50:50PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> What is recommended for installing Perl 6 for system-wide use?
if you are running a Debian-based system, you could try installing the
Debian Rakudo package from either the "stretch (testing)" or "sid
(unstable)" suite. It is
> > Hi all!
> >
> > From http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/substr.html:
> >
> > substr has a 4th argument (or you can use substr as an lvalue) for
> > replacement.
> > substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT
> >
> > From http://doc.perl6.org/routine/substr I don't see any way to do a
> > replace
Hi Douglas,
> From http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/substr.html:
>
> substr has a 4th argument (or you can use substr as an lvalue) for
> replacement.
> substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT
>
> From http://doc.perl6.org/routine/substr I don't see any way to do a
> replacement. What is the idio
Hi Tom,
On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 09:03:17AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Tobias Leich wrote:
> > Please also take a look at $*EXECUTABLE, $*PROGRAM and $*PROGRAM_NAME.
>
> Tobias, I didn't find $*PROGRAM in the doc listed by Paul:
>
> http://doc.perl6.org/langua
On 30 May 2015 3:00:25 pm GMT+02:00, Tom Browder wrote:
>I finally found the Perl 6 version of Perl 5's $0 listed in:
>
> tablets.perl6.org/appendix-b-grouped.html#special-variables
>
>as '$*EXECUTABLE_NAME', and I expected it to act the same as $0 in
>Perl 6, but I have two problems with it:
>
>
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 05:40:44AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Rob Hoelz wrote:
> > Yup, PERL6LIB. =)
>
> And how did you find out about it, i.e., where is it documented?
http://doc.perl6.org/language/5to6#Environment_variables
to be honest I cheated and have wr
Hi Tom,
> use Bar :DEFAULT;
>
> but this does not:
>
> use Bar ;
>
> So is S11 in error!!
That might not necessarily be the case (however S11 certainly isn't clear
about exactly how to import selected routines while `use`-ing a module).
All subs/methods that are marked with `is export` are
Hi Tom,
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 12:52:42PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> Those two functions are documented here:
>
> http://design.perl6.org/S32/Numeric.html#Trigonometric_functions
>
> but I have tried to use them with no luck:
>
> say 10.to-radians(Degrees);
>
> Undeclared name:
> Degre
