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in thread Perl 6 Fundamentals

Your purpose is the deciding factor. Perl 5 is here and wonderful and there are many jobs if you’re willing to move. Perl 6 is barely a toddler right now and despite how interesting and promising it is, it’s still not really what most of us consider production ready, depending on one’s tolerance for risk and commitment to participating in moving the ball forward.

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Re^3: Perl 6 Fundamentals
by nikosv (Deacon) on May 09, 2017 at 17:56 UTC
    sure,the deciding factor as far as if you want to try Perl6 goes.But if you've made up your mind,then which book to choose from?
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      Read them all and tell us. :)

      No, seriously they are new books, how do you expect comparative reviews already?

      And if they were published one after the other, what would have been the difference?

      What if you (most probably) only read the first and the "best" was the last?

      Additionally that's very personal, for instance my favorite intro to Perl 5 is in a chapter of a Damian Conway book which is out of print in Germany. (Even not mentioning the Panther book)

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
      Je suis Charlie!

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        how would you filter which one to get first, considering that they all address the same target group, that is beginners to Perl6? would you weight the author's name more? the number of pages? the index? the publisher?
        this is where timing gets critical,because if you were looking to get started with perl6 at a a time where just one title was accessible,you wouldn't have to think twice.
        but now it gets complicated, for both publisher and potential reader audience.
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