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I'm so glad they renamed Perl 6, having it dangling for decades like a Sword of Damocles hurt Perl more than anything else could. At least both languages are now able to progress in their separated ways, and I must say Raku is a really pleasant language, and a joy to use.
I initially thought this was about the programming language for roku and was a little disappointed it was about perl 6 changing names.
Over the years I have learned and dipped my toes in many programming languages, and I'd need some kind of reason to look into yet another language. What are Raku's main contributions to the programming language design space that I probably haven't seen elsewhere?
Rational numbers instead of floating point as the default real type.
Sadly only first part is complete. Raku is the much more functionally inspired new Perl. It’s the renaming of Perl 6 and means “camel” or “paradise” in Japanese.
Raku seems to be stuck in a "we'll optimise that later" dead-end, especially with string processing. Parse a large log file with a regex and compare Raku with Perl5. Raku has a long way to go.
Is perl or "Raku" still used in serious new applications these days? I'm not talking about gluing stuff together with scripts - I mean a large project operating wholly under it
Unpack this for us... Do you mean commercial applications? If so, you can determine for yourself the small number of languages used for "serious applications".
If you mean data analysis, ETL, system administration, and general data reconstruction, I can't think of a faster, more appropriate language than Perl. Sed and awk are also powerful mainstays.
[1] https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2015/02/01/what-color-is-...
Sadly only first part is complete. Raku is the much more functionally inspired new Perl. It’s the renaming of Perl 6 and means “camel” or “paradise” in Japanese.
Is Perl/Raku widely used these days? Are they worth learning? I've always been curious about those languages but I've had the impression that people are moving away from them.
I use raku mostly for fun. It has come a long way. It has further to go, but I don't mind. There is a surprising amount of vital packages already available for getting things done.
I don't think anyone believes perl5 will be as popular as it was years ago, or that raku will be a top-five language, but who cares? As long as the core community persists, its enough.
Over the years I have learned and dipped my toes in many programming languages, and I'd need some kind of reason to look into yet another language. What are Raku's main contributions to the programming language design space that I probably haven't seen elsewhere?
So far I have found the lack of good tutorials my main roadblock towards learning Raku. I am looking forward to spending the weekend working my way through this.