Re: chaining substitutions?

2017-09-23 Thread raiph mellor
You want to do two things: 1. match/replace something 2. match/replace something else To do this in one command you need: * `:g` to tell P6 to keep going after the first match * `||` to tell P6 to match what's on the left first, or if that fails, what's on the right Which yields: my $x="

Re: Announce: Rakudo Star Release 2017.07

2017-07-25 Thread raiph mellor
TL;DR Imo, one of Perl 6's notable strengths is its approach to its specification. Imo companies will love it. I can see it becoming a primary tool for driving P6 forward in just the right way. Steve has already answered with the short version of some of what I say below, and I agree with wh