Distilling many years of Perl experience--including an insiders look at
Perl development (the authors are members of the Perl 6 core
development team)--
Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, 2nd Edition is
an unparalleled preview of major changes in the widely-anticipated Perl
6. This sneak peek of what's coming in Perl includes succinct but
thorough coverage of groundbreaking new developments in Parrot--the
language-independent interpreter engine that will execute code written
in the new Perl 6 language. Designed to be language independent, Parrot
can be used to interpret other dynamic languages such as Python, Tcl,
Ruby, and even Java.
Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials also uncovers the most
revolutionary change in the language itself--Apocalypse 12 on objects.
The Apocalypse design documents (in the sense of "revealing", not
"end-of-the-world") explain significant changes in new Perl 6 features,
numbered according to the chapters in O'Reilly's landmark Camel book ,
Programming Perl.
Apocalypse 12 is the result of cutting-edge research in
object-oriented languages and is guaranteed to grab the attention of
any serious Perl programmer.
Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials also includes expanded coverage of Apocalypse 5 (regular expressions) and Apocalypse 6 (subroutines).
Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials is the only book available to
chart the course of the long but fruitful voyage of Perl 6. It reveals
all the ingenious developments that will make Perl 6 more powerful and
easier to use.
