NAME
v6 - An experimental Perl 6 implementation
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-alpha;
"hello, world".say;
$ perl hello_world.plDESCRIPTION
The v6 module is a front-end to the experimental Perl6-to-Perl5 compiler.
The current state of this compiler implementation only provides 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 aims to become the best performing implementation, but currently is less complete than both v6.pm and Pugs/Haskell.
Although running v6.pm requires the installation of a lot of Perl 5 modules, it is completely independent of Pugs or Parrot.
REQUIREMENTS
- The source file header must be valid perl5 and perl6 code.
This is a valid header:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use v6-alpha;* it executes perl5
* perl5 will call the v6.pm module.
This is an invalid header:
#!/usr/bin/pugs
use v6;* it tells perl5 to execute /usr/bin/pugs.
* it tells perl5 that Perl v6.0.0 required.
- The Pugs::Compiler::Rule module must be properly installed.
An improperly installed Pugs::Compiler::Rule module would prevent the Perl 6 compiler from bootstrapping.
If that is the case, running Makefile.PL and make in Pugs::Compiler::Rule should fix the problem.
- The perl5 executable must have PMC support.
PMC support is required for loading precompiled Perl 6 files.
If you see the error below, it may happen that your perl was compiled without PMC support.
Can't locate object method "compile" via package "Pugs::Compiler::Perl6"Please see http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=20152
AUTHORS
The Pugs Team <perl6-compiler@perl.org>.
SEE ALSO
The Perl 6 homepage at http://dev.perl.org/perl6.
- the Perl 6 Synopsis: http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/synopsis.html.
The Pugs homepage at http://pugscode.org/.
The Parrot homepage at http://www.parrotcode.org.
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.