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brian d foy (Raku, née Perl 6)

@LearningRaku

I'm the author of Learning Perl 6, although the language has changed its name to Raku. I'm arranging to update the title of the book too.

 New York, NY
learningraku.com
Joined December 2016
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You may have noticed in Learning Perl 6 (Raku) that I often used 137 as an example value. Here's where that number comes from and why it's the most important number ever youtu.be/RCSSgxV9qNw
Why Is 1/137 One of the Greatest Unsolved Problems In Physics?

Why Is 1/137 One of the Greatest Unsolved Problems In Physics?

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I've uploaded Rakudo Star 2022.07 to chocolatey community.chocolatey.org/pac…
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I've donated these books to Wendy & Liz's Perl bookshelf. I'm not at all offended that Wendy says she's not going to read them.
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From a reader who got one of my DIY rename stickers for the butterfly book:
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My book originally titled "Learning Perl 6" now has a simplified Chinese edition, but with "Raku" on the title instead: item.jd.com/12762273.html
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New translation of Learning Perl 6
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I'm thinking of making a sticker for a DRY (Do Re-Title Yourself) Learning Perl 6.
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Learning Perl 6 has a little more cover decoration for the reprint.
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Taiwanese editions of Learning Perl 6 dlvr.it/R6Ryzs
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Amazon (US) is now shipping Learning Perl 6. You could have it on Monday.
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Preview Learning Perl 6 in Google Books dlvr.it/Qhzr0l
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Amazon (US) says the Kindle version of Learning Perl 6 is available now.
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The book cover dlvr.it/Qg1bHT
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glot.io has the latest Perl 6 now!
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The Learning Perl 6 punch list is getting shorter and shorter.
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I googled "#perl6 irc" and was surprised by the opposition of the stated and revealed preferences
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