作者：Allison Randal, Dan Sugalski, Leopold Tötsch
出版日期：June 2004
出版社：O'Reilly
页数：279
ISBN：978-0596007379
文件格式：CHM

Distilling many years of Perl experience–including an insiders lookat Perl development (the authors are members of the Perl 6 coredevelopment team)–Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, 2nd Edition is anunparalleled preview of major changes in the widely-anticipated Perl 6.This sneak peek of what’s coming in Perl includes succinct but thoroughcoverage of groundbreaking new developments in Parrot–thelanguage-independent interpreter engine that will execute code writtenin the new Perl 6 language. Designed to be language independent, Parrotcan be used to interpret other dynamic languages such as Python, Tcl,Ruby, and even Java.
Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials also uncovers the most revolutionarychange in the language itself–Apocalypse 12 on objects. The Apocalypsedesign documents (in the sense of “revealing”, not “end-of-the-world”)explain significant changes in new Perl 6 features, numbered accordingto the chapters in O’Reilly’s landmark Camel book , Programming Perl.
Apocalypse 12 is the result of cutting-edge research inobject-oriented languages and is guaranteed to grab the attention ofany serious Perl programmer. Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials also includesexpanded coverage of Apocalypse 5 (regular expressions) and Apocalypse6 (subroutines).
Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials is the only book available to chart thecourse of the long but fruitful voyage of Perl 6. It reveals all theingenious developments that will make Perl 6 more powerful and easierto use.
Perl gurus and programmers alike will rely on this slim butessential book for both a clear view of the Perl horizon and to ensurethey hit the ground running once this important new version of Perl isreleased.