Tag Archives: pod

A Brand New Spec, S15

Posted on December 12, 2013 by ShimmerFairy

So, for the past few days I’ve been working on a provisional S15 mostly for fun. I was considering TimToady’s long-ago suggestion of developing a libicu replacement tuned to Perl 6’s needs, and after learning some interesting things about NFG, … Continue reading →

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Beginning Notes for the Perl 6 Type Hierarchy

Posted on August 13, 2011 by ShimmerFairy

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 ShimmerFairy

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 ShimmerFairy

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 ShimmerFairy

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 ShimmerFairy

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 ShimmerFairy

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 ShimmerFairy

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 ShimmerFairy

[ 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 ShimmerFairy

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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