On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 10:44:58PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
> I really do adore Raku (Perl 6), so no one get the wrong idea.
> ...
> Two things I miss about Perl 5 are
>
> 1) how fast it compiles. P5 will do in less than a second
> what P6 takes over 15 seconds.
Raku does well for me when I don't subvert the pre-compilation of
modules.
> 2) PerlDocs. I absolute adored PerlDocs. They start out as
> if you do not know what you are doing (they know me!), then
> build up to more complex. They are very, very easy to
> follow. I have trouble even finding what want o P6's
> docs and then when I do, they are written as a refresher
> for someone that already knows what they are doing and
> does not need them. They are very difficult for a beginner
> to follow.
And with Raku one can be a beginner for a long time.
> Things not is either p5 or p6 I like to see:
>
> 1) a simple C style call to call system features, etc. P6
> has NativeCall, but it is not for the faint of heart.
NativeCall makes calling C pretty easy, but that does not negate
the difficulty of using C from a second language..
> 2) a GUI library
Shopping for a Raku GUI a few years ago was . The GTK simple and
simpler did not have color setting; so no go for me. So I found
Hankache's IUP module and expanded and modernized it. I wanted
something about at Perl/Tk's complexity level. The Raku stuff for Gtk3
and Gtk4 was daunting for being too close to the C. Xliff has some Gtk
modules on GitHub which I did not see 'til just now; one might fit into
your sweet spot.
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