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No, but we do have a module system that allows you to write that.

See a small guide for module authors if you feel like contributing - it would certainly be appreciated.

Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.
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Re^5: fibonacci numbers using subroutine?
by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 20, 2010 at 09:45 UTC
    Well, I can easily write such a module in Perl. For now, I've no interest in Perl6, so I'll spend my time on Perl instead.
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      It is silly to assume that in the long run, only Perl 5 has a claim on the name Perl.

      Update: It's also silly to assume that now only Perl 5 has a claim on the name Perl.

      Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.
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        Ah, but I don't live in the future. I live in the present. If I type 'perl' on the command line, the resulting program doesn't allow Perl6 syntax. The dozens of books I have with 'Perl' in the title don't describe Perl6 - only the ones that actually mention Perl6.

        Note also that C++ has been around for 27 years. But there are only a handful of people who think C++ has as much claim on the name C as C itself has.

        It'll be a long time before the general programming population no longer considers Perl to be a specific language, but a set of languages which share a few similarities.

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