herrosheep

Ah my bad, assume we have to use a nightly build then?

I think you misunderstood or are trolling. This is a Haskell to Perl 6 guide. Haskell is for the elite programmers. Perl 6 is the Duke Nukem Forever of programming languages. This of course was all tongue in cheek.

Things like this seem like odd design choices:

  my @menu = <hamburger fries milkshake>;
  say @menu.contains('hamburger');            # True 
  say @menu.contains('hot dog');              # False 
  say @menu.contains('milk');                 # True! 
  say @menu.contains('er fr');                # True! 
  say @menu.contains(<es mi>);                # True!

> Can you give an example of a language that is similarly precise with less verbosity, while still being comprehensible?

This assumes I think Perl (6) is precise and comprehensible.

I assumed, I guess incorrectly, that Racket was more than a 1-2 person team. Also was perturbed that they were only at a v0.4. Not sure how things like SAP and Oracle are valid in a conversation about Racket...

I'm sure what you experienced was nothing like actual prison.

This is a cool idea, like an inverse Rosetta Stone.

Forth is also quite amazing. I really enjoy both.

I do agree that Perl (6) is not a cleanly designed language.

Right. This is like saying "Hello most elite gamers, here is an entry level tutorial to Duke Nukem Forever..."

There needs to be a device that you can jam under your chin to disfigure your face for some period of time. Granted this would not be legal or pain free, but might be required in special situations like misidentification. I could absolutely see a device like this being sold on the black market in the future.

I'd like to hear opinions on how the use of sigils and the other syntax oddities like Int:D, Int:U, given, when, etc improves the codabliity/readability of Perl 6 vs other languages. The examples vs Haskell are not helping me understand. Personally I don't think the added verbosity is helping in any way.

This has to be a spy or propaganda machine.