NAME
Perl6::Bible - The Gospel according to Cabal
SYNOPSIS
> p6bible -h # Show p6bible help
> p6bible -c # Show Table of Contents
> p6bible s05 # Browse Synopsis 05
DESCRIPTION
This Perl module distribution contains all the latest Perl 6
documentation and a utility called "p6bible" for viewing it.
Apocalypses
The document codes "A01 - A33" refer to the Perl 6 Apocalypses.
Larry Wall started the Apocalypse series as a systematic way of
answering the RFCs (Request For Comments) that started the design
process for Perl 6. Each Apocalypse corresponds to a chapter in the book
_Programming Perl_, 3rd edition, and addresses the features relating to
that chapter in the book that are likely to change.
Larry addresses each relevant RFC, and gives reasons why he accepted or
rejected various pieces of it. But each Apocalypse also goes beyond a
simple "yes" and "no" response to attack the roots of the problems
identified in the RFCs.
Exegeses
The document codes "E01 - E33" refer to the Perl 6 Exegeses.
Damian Conway's Exegeses are extensions of each Apocalypse. Each
Exegesis is built around a practical code example that applies and
explains the new ideas.
Synopses
The document codes "S01 - S33" refer to the Perl 6 Synopses.
The Synopsis documents are to be taken as the formal specification for
Perl 6 implementations, while still being reference documentation for
Perl 6, like _Programming Perl_ is for Perl 5.
Note that while these documents are considered "formal specifications",
they are still being subjected to the rigours of cross-examination
through implementation.
In other words, they may change slightly or radically. But the
expectation is that they are "very close" to the final shape of Perl 6.
CONTENTS
This is the list of documents that are currently available; a number in
the column indicates the document is currently available. An asterisk
next to a number means that the document is an unofficial draft written
by a member of the Perl community but not approved by the Perl 6 Design
Team.
A01 S01 The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good
A02 E02 S02 Bits and Pieces
A03 E03 S03 Operators
A04 E04 S04 Syntax
A05 E05 S05 Pattern Matching
A06 E06 S06 Subroutines
E07 Formats
References
S09 Data Structures
S10 Packages
S11 Modules
S12 Objects
S13 Overloading
Tied Variables
Unicode
Interprocess Communication
S17* Threads
Compiling
The Command-Line Interface
A20* The Perl Debugger
Internals and Externals
CPAN
Security
Common Practices
Portable Perl
S26* Perl Documentation
S27* Perl Culture
S28* Special Names
S29* Functions
The Standard Perl Library
Pragmatic Modules
Standard Modules
Diagnostic Modules
METHODS
Perl6::Bible provides a class method to get the raw text of a document:
my $text = Perl6::Bible->get_raw('s01');
SCRIBES
* Brian Ingerson <
[email protected]>
* Sam Vilain <
[email protected]>
COPYRIGHT
This Copyright applies only to the "Perl6::Bible" Perl software
distribution, not the documents bundled within.
A couple of paragraphs from _Perl 6 Essentials_ were used for the
overview.
Copyright (c) 2005. Brian Ingerson. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See
http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html