Tag Archives: perl6

The Rakudo Codebase: Visualized! (Partially)

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

Yesterday I stumbled upon this old perl6-compiler mailing list message which inspired me to actually try to split up the compilation of CORE.setting into smaller, saner pieces. I’ve started work on this already (so far having just modified the Makefile). … Continue reading →

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NQP on LLVM: How to Port

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

I’ve since realized that writing a version of NQP on LLVM from scratch would be either quite a lot of work or, by taking as many of the .nqp files as I can from the exisiting NQP for a self-compiling … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on starting NQP on LLVM

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

Lately I’ve been getting into certain project ideas (which I’ll specify later if they ever become anything) that would require a GUI of some kind. Although I’ve had some success learning SFML, I’m not too much a fan of C … Continue reading →

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RD* Phasers Set to PRE

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

Well, I hope the PRE phaser fires before the START phaser, or else this post’s title will look silly. The purpose of this post, as suggested by the title, is for me to formally list what it is I plan … Continue reading →

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Two Years of Perl 6!

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

6 Feb 2010 marks the two year anniversary of my involvement in Perl 6. It’s the first day I started conversing on #perl6, and I joined the channel two days earlier. (Today also, coincidentally, is the same day I made … Continue reading →

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Perl 6 is not Perl, Version 6

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

In these last few days of summer vacation, I had decided to write an article about my opinion on Perl 6 and its relation to the rest of Perl. I have posted it on github, feel free to click on … Continue reading →

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The Mu Proof

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

This is a paper I wrote a while ago after a discussion on #perl6 one night (the link to the discussion is in the paper below) that proves anything divided by zero equals everything. Enjoy.   The Mu Proof  

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Thoughts on Module Distribution in P6

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

I’ve been thinking a bit lately of the way module distribution is handled in Perl 6. Right now there’s modules.perl6.org. It’s a brilliant start, however I think we need to formalize some aspects of how it works and what’s needed … Continue reading →

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Beginning Notes for the Perl 6 Type Hierarchy

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

I stated in my last post some ideas I came up with involving Perl 6 that I’d be at least semi-interested in doing. Although the code repository (P6SSMPR) was actually my favorite idea, I decided to start with the small … Continue reading →

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Ideas for me to improve Perl 6

Posted on August 6, 2011 by

nom is going along very nicely (now it installs properly!), and as much as I’d like to hack on it, I just can’t seem to get into the mindset to do it, unless a small problem bugs me and it … Continue reading →

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