Perl6::Pugs(3)

NAME
Perl6::Pugs - A Perl 6 Implementation

VERSION
This document describes version 6.2.13 of Pugs, released October 17, 2006.

SYNOPSIS
    % pugs -e "{ 'Hello, ', @^x }.('World!').say"
    Hello, World!

With Perl 5 embedding support:

    use v6-alpha;
    use perl5:DBI;
    my $dbh = DBI.connect('dbi:SQLite:dbname=test.db');
    $dbh.do("CREATE TABLE Test (Project, Pumpking)");

DESCRIPTION
Pugs is an implementation of Perl 6, written in Haskell. It aims to support the full Perl 6 specification, as detailed in the Synopses.

The Pugs project was started on February 1st 2005. It is under active development on IRC ("irc.freenode.net", "#perl6").

Please read the Pugs Apocrypha in the docs/ directory for more details.

DOCUMENTATION

  Pugs Apocrypha
The Pugs Apocrypha in the docs/ directory are a series of documents, written in question/answer format, to explain the design and implementation of Pugs.

  Quick reference of Perl 6
Quick reference documents of Perl 6 can be found in the docs/quickref/ directory, similar to perlcheat. The table of contents can be found at docs/quickref/README.

  Talks
There're various talks about Perl 6 and/or Pugs in docs/talks/. Look into docs/talks/README for links to rendered versions (HTML, PDF).

  Examples
In the examples/ directory there're examples of working Perl 6 code. In examples/cookbook/ you can find the Perl 6 version of the Perl 5 cookbook. If you want to see how Perl 6 modules look like, you can have a look at the modules in ext/. Another good source of working Perl 6 code is the comprehensive test suite in the t/ directory.

  Apocalypses, Exegeses, and Synopses (AES)
Additionally to the official AES, Pugs hosts a number of unofficial AES at docs/AES/. You might also want to checkout the Perl 6 module Perl6::Bible, hosted at FreePAN (<http://tpe.freepan.org/repos/iblech/Perl6-Bible/>), if you want to read the AES by using the "p6bible" command line utility.

SEE ALSO
The Pugs homepage is at <http://pugscode.org/>.

The mailing list for Pugs is "perl6-compiler". Subscribe by sending mail to "<perl6-compiler-subscribe@perl.org>". It is archived at <http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.compiler> and available via NNTP at <nntp://nntp.perl.org/perl.perl6.compiler>.

You can also read the list via Google Groups at <http://groups-beta.google.com/group/perl.perl6.compiler> or GMane at <http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.perl.perl6.compiler>.

Please submit bug reports to "<pugsbugs@perl.org>".

COPYRIGHT
Pugs is Copyright 2005-2007, The Pugs Contributors.

Pugs is a joint work of authorship by the Pugs Contributors.

Pugs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either:

    a) the GNU General Public License, version 2, or
    b) the Artistic License, version 2.0beta5.