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diff --git a/perl6.html.markdown b/perl6.html.markdown index 3bb87916..af545793 100644 --- a/perl6.html.markdown +++ b/perl6.html.markdown @@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ contributors: - ["Nami-Doc", "http://github.com/Nami-Doc"] --- -Perl 6 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language made for the -upcoming hundred years. +Perl 6 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language made for at +least the next hundred years. -Perl 6 runs on [the MoarVM](http://moarvm.com) and the JVM. +The primary Perl 6 compiler is called [Rakudo](http://rakudo.org), which runs on +the JVM and [the MoarVM](http://moarvm.com) and +[prior to March 2015](http://pmthium.com/2015/02/suspending-rakudo-parrot/), +[the Parrot VM](http://parrot.org/). Meta-note : the triple pound signs are here to denote headlines, double paragraphs, and single notes. @@ -210,7 +213,7 @@ say $x; #=> 52 # - `if` # Before talking about `if`, we need to know which values are "Truthy" # (represent True), and which are "Falsey" (or "Falsy") -- represent False. -# Only these values are Falsey: (), 0, "", Nil, A type (like `Str` or `Int`), +# Only these values are Falsey: (), "", Nil, A type (like `Str` or `Int`), # and of course False itself. # Every other value is Truthy. if True { @@ -1041,7 +1044,7 @@ postcircumfix:<{ }>(%h, $key, :delete); # (you can call operators like that) # *everything* -- with great power comes great responsibility) ## Meta operators ! -# Oh boy, get ready. Get ready, because we're dwelving deep +# Oh boy, get ready. Get ready, because we're delving deep # into the rabbit's hole, and you probably won't want to go # back to other languages after reading that. # (I'm guessing you don't want to already at that point). |