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Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, 2nd Edition
By Allison  Randal, Dan  Sugalski, Leopold  T tsch
Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: June 2004
ISBN	: 0-596-00737-X
Pages	: 294
	Copyright
		Preface
			How This Book Is Organized
			Font Conventions
			Using Code Examples
			We'd Like to Hear from You
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.   Project Overview
			Section 1.1.   The Birth of Perl 6
			Section 1.2.   In the Beginning . . .
			Section 1.3.   The Continuing Mission
		Chapter 2.   Project Development
			Section 2.1.   Language Development
			Section 2.2.   Parrot Development
		Chapter 3.   Design Philosophy
			Section 3.1.   Linguistic and Cognitive Considerations
			Section 3.2.   Architectural Considerations
		Chapter 4.   Basic Syntax
			Section 4.1.   Variables
			Section 4.2.   Operators
			Section 4.3.   Control Structures
		Chapter 5.   Subroutines
			Section 5.1.   Using Subroutines
			Section 5.2.   Parameters
			Section 5.3.   Arguments
			Section 5.4.   Subroutine Stubs
			Section 5.5.   Subroutine Scope
			Section 5.6.   Anonymous Subroutines
			Section 5.7.   Multi Subroutines
			Section 5.8.   Curried Subroutines
			Section 5.9.   Wrapped Subroutines
			Section 5.10.   Lvalue Subroutines
			Section 5.11.   Macros
		Chapter 6.   Objects
			Section 6.1.   Using Objects
			Section 6.2.   Classes
			Section 6.3.   Roles
			Section 6.4.   Delegation
			Section 6.5.   Private and Public
			Section 6.6.   Subroutines
			Section 6.7.   Submethods
			Section 6.8.   Multiple Dispatch
		Chapter 7.   Grammars and Rules
			Section 7.1.   Using Rules
			Section 7.2.   Building Blocks
			Section 7.3.   Modifiers
			Section 7.4.   Built-in Rules
			Section 7.5.   Backtracking Control
			Section 7.6.   Hypothetical Variables
		Chapter 8.   Parrot Internals
			Section 8.1.   Core Design Principles
			Section 8.2.   Parrot's Architecture
			Section 8.3.   The Interpreter
			Section 8.4.   I/O, Events, and Threads
			Section 8.5.   Objects
			Section 8.6.   Advanced Features
			Section 8.7.   Conclusion
		Chapter 9.   Parrot Assembly Language
			Section 9.1.   Getting Started
			Section 9.2.   Basics
			Section 9.3.   Working with PMCs
			Section 9.4.   Flow Control
			Section 9.5.   Stacks and Register Frames
			Section 9.6.   Lexicals and Globals
			Section 9.7.   Subroutines
			Section 9.8.   Exceptions and Exception Handlers
			Section 9.9.   Events
			Section 9.10.   Threads
			Section 9.11.   Loading Bytecode
			Section 9.12.   Classes and Objects
			Section 9.13.   Writing Tests
		Chapter 10.   Parrot Intermediate Representation
			Section 10.1.   Statements
			Section 10.2.   Variables and Constants
			Section 10.3.   Symbol Operators
			Section 10.4.   Labels
			Section 10.5.   Flow Control
			Section 10.6.   Subroutines
			Section 10.7.   Methods
		Chapter 11.   Parrot Reference
			Section 11.1.   PASM Opcodes
			Section 11.2.   PIR Directives
			Section 11.3.   PIR Instructions
			Section 11.4.   Parrot Command-Line Options
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		Index