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sdondley

```raku =begin comment This is a multi line comment. Comment 1 Comment 2 =end comment ``` causes: ``` ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling: Preceding context expects a term, but found infix...

glyh

In *ncitest.raku* a constant is defined like this: ```raku constant LIBPATH = "$*CWD/ncitest"; ``` That's entirely valid. However, it really is worth noting to the reader that in Raku, [unlike...

gitjeff2

I notice the Raku Guide has a section on [functional programming](https://raku.guide/#_functional_programming) but makes no mention of recursion. In functional programming recursion is favored over loops. So, this strikes me as...

gitjeff2

The book says MD5 alone is not sufficient to hash passwords (which is correct). But then it goes on to recommend ***using md5 together with a salt***??? Can you update...

moon-chilled

Confusion over "mutators" in section 4

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http://perl6intro.com/#_functions_and_mutators this section is really quite confusing and has indeed caused confusion already https://www.reddit.com/r/perl6/comments/3vjuex/how_to_easily_tell_the_difference_between_a/

MattOates

Style/wording review

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Listing here some places we have found in English version during reviewing of Russian translation. * Section 1.2 title is `Jargon`. However, in this section we have tools names and...

Altai-man

`asciidoctor-pdf` doesn't render utf8. See Unicode examples generated.

hankache

binding code snippet example not working

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Following code in section 3.7. Assignment vs. Binding seems not working `my $a; my $b; $b := $a; $a = 7; say $b; $b = 8; say $a;` i got...

sztanyi

For regex definitions explain the differences

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http://perl6intro.com/#_regex_definition Explain the differences between ```perl6 /light/ m/light/ rx/light/ ``` Are they all the same in the context of smart matching (`~~`) ? This language doc shows that `m/thing/` is...

trosel