Re: Help with Perl 6 script

2019-08-12 Thread Ralph Mellor
the > I have this Perl 6 script from Rosetta, which I wanted to run on Perl 5 > (due to the Active Sate Perl and App version that I have). If ActiveState have packaged https://metacpan.org/pod/Inline::Perl6 then please install and use that. (If they haven't, please ask them to do so.) > However

Re: Help with Perl 6 script

2019-08-12 Thread Ralph Mellor
Oops, missed the ending. loop with a parens argument is like a C for with 3 args, init, test, next. The next bit is: ($t, @ABC) »+=« (.01, dABC($t, @ABC, .01)) The » and « opops (or metaops) pack a whole lot of power but can also be used for relatively simple cases like this one in which th

Re: Help with Perl 6 script

2019-08-12 Thread Marc Chantreux
hello Rui, > I have this Perl 6 script from Rosetta, which I wanted to run on Perl 5 > (due to the Active Sate Perl and App version that I have). Perl6 and Perl5 are very different. you need to download a perl6 interpretor if you want to run perl6 code. please check https://rakudo.org/. regards

Re: Help with Perl 6 script

2019-08-12 Thread Andy Bach
Yes, Perl 5 and Perl 6 are quite different in many ways. Some suggested that Perl 6 be looked at as not the next iteration of Perl but a new language that can be made backward compatible with Perl 5 (there are switches etc that let you run P5 code unchanged) but it is not the case of P5 being a

Re: Help with Perl 6 script

2019-08-12 Thread William Michels via beginners
Hi Rui, Have you considered just installing Perl 6 ? https://rakudo.org https://www.perl6.org Spoiler alert: the Perl6 code you posted works with no errors on my Perl6 install. Best Regards, Bill. On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 1:07 PM Rui Fernandes wrote: > > Greetings > > I have this Perl 6 script

Re: Help with Perl 6 script

2019-08-12 Thread Bruce Gray
[ Executive Summary: Install Perl 6; it will not disturb your Activestate Perl 5 : https://rakudo.org/files ] > On Aug 8, 2019, at 3:07 PM, Rui Fernandes wrote: > > Greetings Hi Rui! > > I have this Perl 6 script from Rosetta, which I wanted to run on Perl 5 (due > to the Active Sate Perl