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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ This is Rakudo Star, a useful, usable Rakudo Perl 6 production distribution. -This is the 2018.10 release of Rakudo Star for the 6.c version of Perl 6. +This is the 2019.03 release of Rakudo Star for the 6.d version of Perl 6. -Rakudo Star is Copyright (C) 2010 - 2018 by the Rakudo Star Team. +Rakudo Star is Copyright (C) 2010 - 2019 by the Rakudo Star Team. License Information @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ after the source build completes. Once Rakudo Star is installed (and assuming perl6 is in your PATH), you can run Perl 6 programs by doing: - $ perl6 hello.pl + $ perl6 hello.p6 If the Rakudo compiler is invoked without an explicit script to run, it enters a small interactive mode that allows Perl 6 statements to be executed @@ -144,11 +144,12 @@ This distribution also contains documentation in the docs/ directory: docs/cheatsheet.txt — Perl 6 cheat sheet docs/2015-spw-perl6-course.pdf — A short Perl 6 course - docs/perl6intro.pdf — Recent snapshot of http://perl6intro.com/ + docs/perl6intro.pdf — Recent snapshot of https://perl6intro.com/ docs/announce/ — Detailed release announcements -http://perl6intro.com/ is available in multiple languages, Dutch, French, -German, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish at the time of writing. +https://perl6intro.com/ is available in multiple languages, French, German, +Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Bulgarian, Chinese, Italian, Turkish, +Indonesian and Russian at the time of writing. Installing Perl 6 Modules @@ -157,11 +158,9 @@ zef is a module installer bundled with Rakudo Star. See https://github.com/ugexe/zef for zef documentation. -panda is an alternative module installer. +A list of modules available in the "ecosystem" is at https://modules.perl6.org/ -A list of modules available in the "ecosystem" is at http://modules.perl6.org/ - -Git is useful for both zef and panda (and required with the latter). +Git is useful for zef. When upgrading between versions of perl 6 it may be necessary to remove ~/.perl6 and/or ~/.zef due to a possible toolchain bug. If you see this issue @@ -172,10 +171,10 @@ Where to get help or answers to questions ----------------------------------------- 'p6doc faq' will display a version of the FAQ. -Also see http://faq.perl6.org/ +Also see https://faq.perl6.org/ There are several mailing lists, IRC channels, and wikis available with help -for Perl 6 and Rakudo. +for Perl 6 and Rakudo. A friendly IRC channel for new starter questions is irc.freenode.net/#perl6 @@ -190,11 +189,11 @@ implementing or developing the Perl 6 language itself. Questions about the Rakudo compiler can go to perl6-compiler@perl.org. -The http://perl6.org/ website contains a great many links to resources for Perl +The https://perl6.org/ website contains a great many links to resources for Perl 6 development, and is generally the starting point for information about Perl 6. -Rakudo's official web site is http://rakudo.org/, where you can +Rakudo's official web site is https://rakudo.org/, where you can find useful information for developers and users alike. @@ -228,4 +227,3 @@ AUTHOR Patrick Michaud (pmichaud@pobox.com) was originally the primary author and maintainer for Rakudo Star. See docs/CREDITS for further Rakudo Star authors, and */CREDITS for authors of other collected components. - |