Tag Archives: pod

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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SUPERNOVA Made Public

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

Today I give unto the world my very incomplete Pod6 parser, SUPERNOVA! Get it here. To carry on a tradition, I’m calling this parser of mine “official and complete”. It’s official because no-one else has bothered making a (current) Pod … Continue reading →

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P6 Grammars: The Official Archenemy of Me™

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

When I made my last post, I had all test passing, or so I remember. Not anymore. I just updated my rakudo, and ran ‘make test’ again. Something in my t/actions.t file failed. (although if I run perl6 t/actions.t, every … Continue reading →

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This is What Happens When You Stuff Things Into Boxes Blindfolded

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

Imagine working for the packing department of a Rubik’s Cube factory. The kind of rubik’s cube you make has the colors painted on, so there are no stickers to peel, and is constructed in such a way that it’s really, … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on P6-on-GCC

Posted on January 22, 2011 by

I’ve been having some thoughts about my project (well, for some definition of project anyway) for a Perl 6 frontend for GCC. In particular, I’m going to first start by learning C++, as that is the most likely candidate language … Continue reading →

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2011 is now Compiling!

Posted on January 1, 2011 by

Ah, 2011. Another year has come, and people cut holes in the first ’1′ to manage to create those stupid glasses. That’s cheating. Not surprisingly, #perl6 was pretty empty all throughout New Year’s (Eve&Day). It only ever lit up for … Continue reading →

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Snowman Comets, Pod Parsing, And a Book.

Posted on December 18, 2010 by

So today I start two weeks of Chris holiday break! Which means I can finally work on some things: A Book? Yeah, I started writing a sci-fi ‘book’ (nothing to be published) for the heck of it, heavily dealing in … Continue reading →

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All Grammars Are Germophobes in 楽土

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

[ The following is a rantish post. If you don't like negative words, please visit this site. ] So today I’ve been goodish at following TDD (I’m only starting, mind you), and I wanted to be able to make the … Continue reading →

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Why Grammar I Learn Can’t‽

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

This week I get to spend an entire week off of school for Thanksgiving! (for those unfamiliar with US holidays, clicky the link above). So I plan on working on my secretly-named Pod parser (let’s call it “Project Greenpea” to … Continue reading →

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Coming Back & Ready

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

Recently I’ve sort of “come back” to the Perl 6 community, after getting used to going to school again. Below, I’d like to highlight some things I’ve been thinking about getting into:

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