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=head2 Language (perl6-language)

=head3 L<Separate compilation and compile-time things|http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.language/browse_frm/thread/1dc71efac92bce9b/7f1835eb3518bed5#7f1835eb3518bed5>

Zohar Kelrich had a comment involving varying results based upon which
module compiler was used.  Yuval Kogman replied that he felt Perl 6 
should use separate compilers.

=head3 L<Multisubs and multimethods: what's the difference?|http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.language/browse_frm/thread/d241e123ff6a1189/4003643240942f9f#4003643240942f9f>

Joshua Choi asked for some clarification of the difference between 
C<multi sub infix:<..> ( Int $min, Int $max ) { ... }> and 
C<multi method infix:<..> ( Int $min, Int $max ) { ... }>.  Larry
Wall and others clarified that there is a difference.

=head3 L<Perl 6 design wiki?|http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.language/browse_frm/thread/34426cfb07ea1dc1/a58d54286c266dfa#a58d54286c266dfa> 

Yuval Kogman suggested the creation of a wiki for several reasons:
so that annotations can be attached to synopses, scratchpads are public,
etc.  Mark Overmeer was supportive but did express some concern about 
creating another forum, and also about the porting process going on for
Perl 5 modules.  Discussion on three level namespaces followed.

=head3 L<S06 Splicing clarification|http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.language/browse_frm/thread/c3d384c858f7c85e/2f59bae886b18c9f#2f59bae886b18c9f> 

Brad Bowman asked for more information about splicing.  Audrey Tang
and Larry Wall replied.

=head3 L<RFC - weird stuff I had to do (for fun or profit)|http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.language/browse_frm/thread/6e67df45cf4eb6aa/fafa56f59ceeca7b#fafa56f59ceeca7b>

Yuval Kogman requested stories on strange things people have done in
the past in the hopes of creating a better understanding unusual uses
of Perl 5.  He posted his own stories, and a summary of what he learned.
Larry Wall had a few comments.

=head3 L<comment scope|http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.language/browse_frm/thread/4bc9bb076d0d3d04/b643085f7cc3a2fe#b643085f7cc3a2fe>

Ruud H.G. van Tol suggested a lexical scope for comments.  This led
to a discussion of POD syntax.

=head3 L<Where can I download perl6?|http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.language/browse_frm/thread/e1cbcd504ceb56b1/2630c0ddad45eee9#2630c0ddad45eee9>

Apo purchased 'Perl 6 Essentials' and wondered where Perl 6 could be found.
Conrad Schneiker provided a link to Pugs, with the caveat that much of 
the information in the book is outdated. 

=head3 L<Multiparadigm Programming|http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.language/browse_frm/thread/da10d46199c8c893/852a54b14e92f5c2#852a54b14e92f5c2>

Conrad Schneiker pointed out an interesting book he'd seen at the library
and requested that someone write a Perl version at some point.

=head3 L<why no negative (auto reversed) ranges?|http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.language/browse_frm/thread/2bc40adc2da06803/f7abefdbc439c909#f7abefdbc439c909>

TSa noted that S03 explicitly disallows auto-reversed ranges and asked
why that was the case.  Larry Wall noted that to date, nobody wanted it.

=head3 L<where will we die to?|http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.language/browse_frm/thread/7607e99b31ede3a3/cac325353528d842#cac325353528d842>

Yuval Kogman brought up a Catalyst problem debugging the eventual
location of a die within a cascade of evals.  He suggested that Perl
6 should make it easier to trace an exception.  Larry Wall asked how
this could be done without impacting performance, and Yuval clarified
his request.

=head3 L<UNIX commands: chmod|http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.language/browse_frm/thread/cac2611cbfad8517/5efb19535e64cbd5#5efb19535e64cbd5>

Gabor Szabo had a proposal for some alterations to C<chmod>.  There was
discussion on his suggestions.

=head2 Acknowledgments

If you appreciate Perl, consider 
L<contributing to the Perl Foundation|http://donate.perlfoundation.org>
to help support the development of Perl.

Thank you to everyone who has pointed out mistakes and offered suggestions
for improving this series.  Comments on this summary can be sent to Ann 
Barcomb, kudra@domaintje.com.

=head2 See also

=over 4

=item * L<Perl Foundation activities|http://blog.perlfoundation.org>

=item * L<Perl 6 Development|http://dev.perl.org/perl6>

=item * L<Planet Perl Six|http://planetsix.perl.org/perl6>

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