A while back I wrote Raku: a Language for Gremlins about my first experiences with the language. After three more months of using it I've found that it's...
Oh, I've got no complaints about the article or even its title. Few people learn Perl or Raku these days so it would be surprising for most people.
I thought it was interesting myself - Perl's my go-to scripting language but I never used Raku. I might consider it next time I have a non-trivial scripting project.
As someone who picked up Raku without knowing anything about Perl (besides the fact that it had something to do with regex), it was a little surprising :)
Oh, I've got no complaints about the article or even its title. Few people learn Perl or Raku these days so it would be surprising for most people.
I thought it was interesting myself - Perl's my go-to scripting language but I never used Raku. I might consider it next time I have a non-trivial scripting project.
As someone who picked up Raku without knowing anything about Perl (besides the fact that it had something to do with regex), it was a little surprising :)
What makes Perl or Raku interesting? What are some applications where they are the ideal languages?