Community

Information about the people working on and using Raku

Overview

"PerlĀ 5 was my rewrite of Perl. I want PerlĀ 6 to be the community's rewrite of Perl and of the community." - Larry Wall (circa 2000)

"I am in favor of this change [a community driven renaming from PerlĀ 6 to Raku], because it reflects an ancient wisdom: 'No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.'" - Larry Wall (2019)

The Raku community

Online communities

IRC communication has played an integral role in the Raku community for more than a decade. There are various channels for Raku-related activities on libera.chat. There are several bots to make IRC activity more convenient and fun. You can read about IRC content here in greater details.

The Raku Discord server serves a similar purpose. Thanks to the bridges written by fellow Raku members, it integrates well with the main IRC channels.

StackOverflow is also a great resource for asking questions and helping others with their Raku problems and challenges.

More resources can be found in the raku.org community page.

Offline communities

Raku is also a common topic at Perl conferences and Perl Monger meetings. If you prefer in-person meetings, these are warmly recommended!

Other resources

Camelia, the multi-color butterfly with P 6 in her wings, is the symbol of this diverse and welcoming community.

Rakudo Weekly

Elizabeth Mattijsen usually posts in the "Rakudo Weekly" blog, a summary of Raku posts, tweets, comments and other interesting tidbits. If you want a single resource to know what is going on in the Raku community now, this is your best resource.

Historical articles (pre name change) can be found archived on the "PerlĀ 6 Weekly" blog.

Raku Advent calendar

The Raku community publishes every December an Advent Calendar, with Raku tutorials every day until Christmas. Previous calendars (pre name change) are still available and relevant.

Organization and assignment of days is done through the different Raku channels and the Raku/advent repository. If you want to participate, its organization starts by the end of October, so check out the channels above to keep up to date.

See Also

Brackets

Valid opening/closing paired delimiters

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Raku

Glossary

Glossary of Raku terminology

Pod6

An easy-to-use markup language for documenting Raku modules and programs

Pod6 tables

Valid, invalid, and unexpected tables

Terms

Raku terms

Testing

Writing and running tests in Raku

Traps to avoid

Traps to avoid when getting started with Raku

The Camelia image is copyright 2009 by Larry Wall. "Raku" is trademark of the Yet Another Society. All rights reserved.