Re:Ask HN: Perl 6: Do you use it, how do you like it, what d...
by CIAvash on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:38PM
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I like many things about Perl 6, but I mention only the ones I used in my project. MAIN subroutine makes it very easy to create simple CLIs, multiple dispatch, gradual typing, subsets, the object system, roles, Unicode support, being multi-paradigm.
Also, Perl 6 makes it easy to write short and concise code that will also be very readable.
The project I wrote is a command line tool[1] for fetching football(soccer) data, which uses a module[2] I wrote for getting the data from http://football-data.org
Also, Perl 6 makes it easy to write short and concise code that will also be very readable.
The project I wrote is a command line tool[1] for fetching football(soccer) data, which uses a module[2] I wrote for getting the data from http://football-data.org
[1] https://gitlab.com/CIAvash/App-Football
[2] https://gitlab.com/CIAvash/WebService-FootballData