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NAME

v6 - an experimental Perl 6 implementation (under way)

SYNOPSIS

Command line:

    $ perl -Ilib lib/v6.pm -e ' for 1,2,3 -> $x { say $x }'

Compile-only:

    $ perl -Ilib lib/v6.pm --compile-only -e ' <hello>.say; '

Script or module:

    # file: hello_world.pl
    use v6-pugs;
    "hello, world".say;

    $ perl hello_world.pl

DESCRIPTION

The v6 module is a front-end to the experimental Perl6-to-Perl5 compiler.

The current state of this compiler implementation only provide a small sample of Perl 6 syntax and semantics.

Other Perl 6 implementations

The Pugs/Haskell Perl 6 is currently the most complete implementation. Pugs currently has some issues with Perl 5 interoperability.

Parrot Perl 6 is the best performing implementation by far. The Parrot implementation is currently at a comparable state as v6.pm.

Although running v6 requires the installation of a lot of Perl 5 modules, it is completely independent of Pugs or Parrot.

AUTHORS

The Pugs Team <perl6-compiler@perl.org>.

SEE ALSO

The Perl 6 Synopsis: http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/synopsis.html

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2006 by Flavio Soibelmann Glock and others.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html