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        Much real-time discussion happens on our IRC channel, <a
        href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#perl6">#perl6 on irc.freenode.net</a>.
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        We try to be very nice to newcomers, so feel free to join us, and ask
        any Perl&nbsp;6 questions you might have.
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        <h3 class="trim-top">#perl6</h3>
        <p>
            We discuss questions about Perl&nbsp;6, how to install a compiler,
            proposals for small enhancements to the specification, ideas for new
            modules - you name it.
        </p>

        <p>
            If you don't have an IRC client installed, you can use <a
            href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=perl6&amp;nick=">your
            browser to connect to IRC</a>.
        </p>

        <p>
            If you missed an interesting discussion on #perl6 - don't worry,
            <a href="https://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/today">there are public logs
            available</a>. These logs also turn many Perl 6 specific abbreviations
            into links, or explain them when you hover with the mouse over them.
            A different logging facility can be found on <a
            href="http://colabti.org/irclogger/irclogger_logs/perl6">colabti.org</a>.
        </p>

        <p>Please do not ask for help on Perl 5 topics in #perl6.</p>
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        <h3 class="trim-top">Bots</h3>

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          A variety of IRC bots make our life easier, here's a short explanation
          of what they do - <a
          href="http://howcaniexplainthis.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-perl6-irc-bots-do.html">courtesy
          by frettled</a>.
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          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Benchable">benchable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            An IRC bot for benchmarking code at a given commit of Rakudo. It
            can be addressed by its full name ('benchable6') or its short name
            ('bench'). It will run the given code five times and return the
            minimum amount of time taken.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Bisectable">bisectable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            This bot is meant to help you find when something got broken. If
            you want to know if something has ever worked use Committable
            instead.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Bloatable">bloatable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            An IRC bot for running bloaty on libmoar.so files of MoarVM. It can
            be addressed by its full name ('bloatable6') or its short name
            ('bloat' or 'bloaty'). It will run bloaty and pass one or more
            libmoar.so files from different revisions of MoarVM.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/zoffixznet/perl6-buggable">buggable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            RT queue search and utility bot.
          </dd>

          <dt>camelia</dt>
          <dd>
            Perl 6 code evaluation bot. We use this for live testing of code
            that may be of interest to others; it chats back to the channel.
            <code>perl6: my $a;</code> will result in a test against
            latest revisions of rakudo and niecza,
            <code>nqp: say('foo')</code> will test nqp,
            <code>std: my $a</code> will parse the expression using STD.pm6.
            For other compilers, try "camelia: help".
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Committable">committable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            An IRC bot for running code at a given commit of Rakudo. It can be
            addressed by its full name ('committable6') or its short names
            ('commit', 'c').
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Coverable">coverable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            An IRC bot for creating a coverage report of the Rakudo (and NQP)
            source lines that were hit while running the code you give it. The
            first option is the commit, the second (optional) option is the
            filter for what lines of the MoarVM-generated coverage log you
            want, the third is the code to run.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/geth">Geth</a></dt>
          <dd>
            Announces commits made to various projects relevant to Perl 6, such
            as implementations of Perl 6 and <a
            href="https://github.com/perl6/">some of the repositories owned by
            Perl 6</a>.
          </dd>
            
          <dt>dalek</dt>
          <dd>
              Used to be the commit announcer before <i>Geth</i> took over. Now it just
              lurks quietly, picking targets for extermination.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Evalable">evalable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            Evalable is just Committable that defaults to <code>HEAD</code>.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Greppable">greppable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            An IRC bot for grepping through the module ecosystem. It can be
            addressed by its full name ('greppable6') or its short name
            ('grep').
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/zoffixznet/huggable">huggable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            Let's you <code>.hug</code> people in the channel.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/moritz/ilbot">ilbot</a></dt>
          <dd>
            IRC logging bot.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Nativecallable">nativecallable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            an IRC bot for generating Perl 6 NativeCall code from C
            definitions. It can be addressed by its full name
            ('nativecallable6') or its short name ('nativecall'). The bot is
            using App::GPTrixie to do the conversion.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Quotable">quotable</a></dt>
          <dd>
             An IRC bot for searching messages in the IRC log. It can be
             addressed by its full name ('quotable6') or its short name
             ('quote').
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Releasable">releasable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            An IRC bot for getting information about the upcoming release. It
            can be addressed by its full name ('releasable6') or its short name
            ('release').

            As a user, you are probably only interested in its only command
            “status”. It tells when the next release is going to happen and how
            many blockers are there.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/zoffixznet/perl6-sourceable">SourceBaby</a></dt>
          <dd>
            Core source code locator
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Squashable">squashable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            An IRC bot for the Monthly Bug Squash Day (a.k.a. Community Bug
            SQUASHathon). It can be addressed by its full name ('squashable6')
            or its short name ('squash'). It can tell you when the next even is
            going to happen and what's the current status of the active event.
            Also, it will also announce changes to the repo.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Statisfiable">statisfiable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            An IRC bot that can gather stats across rakudo builds. It can be
            addressed by its full name ('statisfiable6') or its short name
            ('stat'). For most commands it will reply with a gist that has a
            graph and the raw data. Note that stats are cached, but it takes
            some time for it to generate the graph, so be patient.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/synopsebot">synopsebot6</a></dt>
          <dd>
            Creates links to the synopses and turns mentions of RT ticket
            numbers into clickable RT links.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/zoffixznet/undercover">Undercover</a></dt>
          <dd>
            Very similar to SourceBaby, except points to perl6.wtf
            indicating stresstest coverage of code.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/perl6/whateverable/wiki/Unicodable">unicodable</a></dt>
          <dd>
            An IRC bot for getting interesting information about Unicode
            characters. It can be addressed by its full name ('unicodable6') or
            its short name ('u').
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="https://docs.perl6.org/language/glossary#yoleaux_">yoleaux</a></dt>
          <dd>
            Provides various functions, such as leaving messages for people
            and translating text (see <a href="http://dpk.io/yoleaux">this
            handy reference</a> for what yoleaux can do.)
          </dd>

          <dt>ZofBot</dt>
          <dd>Semi-coherent conversationalist. Talks only in <a
            href="https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#perl6-dev">#perl6-dev</a>.</dd>

          <dt><a href="https://github.com/Kaiepi/p6-RakudoBot">PufferBot</a></dt>
          <dd>
            An IRC bot for testing builds of Rakudo on OpenBSD. It can be
            addressed by its full name ('PufferBot'). Talks only in
            <a href="https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#perl6-dev">$perl6-dev</a>.
          </dd>
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