Perl 6

Perl 6 is an actively used programming language created in 2015. Perl 6 (also known as Raku) is a member of the Perl family of programming languages.While historically several interpreter and compiler implementations were being written, today only the Rakudo Perl 6 implementation is in active development. It is introducing elements of many modern and historical languages. Compatibility with Perl 5 is not a goal, though a compatibility mode is part of the specification. Read more on Wikipedia...

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• Perl 6 ranks in the top 10% of languages
• the Perl 6 website
• the Perl 6 wikipedia page
• Perl 6 first appeared in 2015
• file extensions for Perl 6 include 6pl, 6pm, nqp, p6, p6l, p6m, pl, pl6, pm, pm6 and t
• tryitonline has an online Perl 6 repl
• See also: perl, haskell, javascript, ruby, smalltalk, rfc, python, java, squeak, regex, peg, antlr, icon, isbn
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Example code from Linguist:

# used in t/spec/S11-modules/nested.t 

BEGIN { @*INC.push('t/spec/packages') };

module A::A {
    use A::B;
}

# vim: ft=perl6

Example code from Wikipedia:

multi sub hanoi(0, $, $, $) { }                         # No disk, so do not do anything
 multi sub hanoi($n, $a = 'A', $b = 'B', $c = 'C') {     # Start with $n disks and three pegs A, B, C
     hanoi $n - 1, $a, $c, $b;                           # firstly move top $n - 1 disks from A to B
     say "Move disk $n from peg $a to peg $c";           # then move last disk from A to C
     hanoi $n - 1, $b, $a, $c;                           # lastly move $n - 1 disks from B to C
 }

Last updated July 22nd, 2019