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- Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, 2nd Edition
- Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, 2nd Edition
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- How This Book Is Organized
- Font Conventions
- Using Code Examples
- We d Like to Hear from You
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Project Overview
- 1.1 The Birth of Perl 6
- 1.2 In the Beginning . . .
- 1.3 The Continuing Mission
- Chapter 2. Project Development
- 2.1 Language Development
- 2.2 Parrot Development
- Chapter 3. Design Philosophy
- 3.1 Linguistic and Cognitive Considerations
- 3.2 Architectural Considerations
- Chapter 4. Basic Syntax
- 4.1 Variables
- 4.2 Operators
- 4.3 Control Structures
- Chapter 5. Subroutines
- 5.1 Using Subroutines
- 5.2 Parameters
- 5.3 Arguments
- 5.4 Subroutine Stubs
- 5.5 Subroutine Scope
- 5.6 Anonymous Subroutines
- 5.7 Multi Subroutines
- 5.8 Curried Subroutines
- 5.9 Wrapped Subroutines
- 5.10 Lvalue Subroutines
- 5.11 Macros
- Chapter 6. Objects
- 6.1 Using Objects
- 6.2 Classes
- 6.3 Roles
- 6.4 Delegation
- 6.5 Private and Public
- 6.6 Subroutines
- 6.7 Submethods
- 6.8 Multiple Dispatch
- Chapter 7. Grammars and Rules
- 7.1 Using Rules
- 7.2 Building Blocks
- 7.3 Modifiers
- 7.4 Built-in Rules
- 7.5 Backtracking Control
- 7.6 Hypothetical Variables
- Chapter 8. Parrot Internals
- 8.1 Core Design Principles
- 8.2 Parrot s Architecture
- 8.3 The Interpreter
- 8.4 IO, Events, and Threads
- 8.5 Objects
- 8.6 Advanced Features
- 8.7 Conclusion
- Chapter 9. Parrot Assembly Language
- 9.1 Getting Started
- 9.2 Basics
- 9.3 Working with PMCs
- 9.4 Flow Control
- 9.5 Stacks and Register Frames
- 9.6 Lexicals and Globals
- 9.7 Subroutines
- 9.8 Exceptions and Exception Handlers
- 9.9 Events
- 9.10 Threads
- 9.11 Loading Bytecode
- 9.12 Classes and Objects
- 9.13 Writing Tests
- Chapter 10. Parrot Intermediate Representation
- 10.1 Statements
- 10.2 Variables and Constants
- 10.3 Symbol Operators
- 10.4 Labels
- 10.5 Flow Control
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