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X<|$*PERL>
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=head4 C<$*PERL>
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This object contains information on the current implementation of the Perl
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This object contains information on the current implementation of the Perl 6
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language:
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say $*PERL.compiler.version; # OUTPUT: «v2018.11.52.g.06156.a.7.ca␤»
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but it simply stringifies to the major version of the compiler:
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but it simply stringifies to the name of the language, followed by the major
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version of the compiler:
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say $*PERL;# OUTPUT: «Perl 6 (6.d)␤»
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=head4 C<$*USER>
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An C<Allomorph> with information about the user that is running the program.
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It's an object that evaluates to C<username (uid)>. It will evaluate to the
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username only if treated as a string and the numeric user id if treated as a
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number.
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It will evaluate to the username only if treated as a string and the numeric
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user id if treated as a number.
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X<|$*GROUP>
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=head4 C<$*GROUP>
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An C<Allomorph> with the primary group of the user who is running the program.
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It's an object that evaluates to C<groupname (gid)>.
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It will evaluate to the groupname only if treated as a
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string and the numeric group id if treated as a number.
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It will evaluate to the groupname only if treated as a string and the numeric
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group id if treated as a number.
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X<|$*HOME>
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=head4 C<$*HOME>
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X<|$*TOLERANCE>
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=head4 C<$*TOLERANCE>
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Variable used by the C<=~=> operator, and any operations that depend on it, to
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decide if two values are approximately equal. Defaults to C<1e-15>;
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Variable used by the L<C<=~=>|/routine/=~=> operator, and any operations that
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depend on it, to decide if two values are approximately equal. Defaults to
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C<1e-15>.
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X<|$*THREAD>
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=head4 C<$*THREAD>
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Contains a L<Thread> object representing the currently executing thread;
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Contains a L<Thread> object representing the currently executing thread.
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X<|$*SCHEDULER>
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=head4 C<$*SCHEDULER>
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X<|$*SAMPLER>
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=head4 C<$*SAMPLER>
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The current L<Telemetry::Sampler> used for
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making snapshots of system state. Only available if L<Telemetry> has been
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loaded.
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The current L<Telemetry::Sampler> used for making snapshots of system state.
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Only available if L<Telemetry> has been loaded.
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=head1 Naming conventions
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It is helpful to know our naming conventions in order to understand what codes
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do directly. However, there is not yet a conventions list covering anywhere.
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Still we list several conventions that are widely held.
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do directly. However, there is not yet (and might never be) an official list of;
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still, we list several conventions that are widely held.
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=item1 Subs and methods from the built-ins library try to have single-word names
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when a good one could be found. In cases where there are two or more words

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