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We want a Perl 6 book. We want it badly enough to write it ourselves. So that's | ||
what we're doing: writing one. | ||
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Changes/additions to the Perl 6 book since the previous release: | ||
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* Lots of grammar and typo fixes | ||
* Added relationship between Perl 6 and Perl 5 to preface | ||
* avoid mojibake where possble | ||
* Basics chapter | ||
- created this chapter | ||
- fleshed out some examples | ||
- added some exercises | ||
* Regex chapter | ||
- added some text on subsitution and look-arounds | ||
- added explanation of Match objects | ||
- added character classes | ||
* Grammar chapter | ||
- added explanation of inheritance in Perl 6 grammars | ||
- added explanation of grammar action methods | ||
* Objects chapter | ||
- added some exercises with answers | ||
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There have also been some changes to the support scripts and support | ||
documents for producing the book. These include: | ||
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* updated outline of the book | ||
* Added technical TODOs | ||
* added some sample scripts to be worked into various chapters | ||
* add a release target for the Makefile | ||
* updated the release guide | ||
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You can download the preliminary PDF version of the book at | ||
http://cloud.github.com/downloads/perl6/book/book-2009-11.pdf | ||
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Interested? Check out the git repository at <http://github.com/perl6/book>, | ||
and join us in irc://freenode.net#perl6book. |