•	Table of Contents
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•	Errata

Perl 6 Essentials
By Allison Randal, Dan Sugalski, Leopold Tötsch
Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: June 2003
ISBN	: 0-596-00499-0
Pages	: 208
Slots	: 1

		Copyright
		Preface
			How This Book Is Organized
			Font Conventions
			We'd Like to Hear from You
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.  Project Overview
			Section 1.1.  The Birth of Perl 6
			Section 1.2.  In the Beginning . . .
			Section 1.3.  The Continuing Mission
		Chapter 2.  Project Development
			Section 2.1.  Language Development
			Section 2.2.  Parrot Development
		Chapter 3.  Design Philosophy
			Section 3.1.  Linguistic and Cognitive Considerations
			Section 3.2.  Architectural Considerations
		Chapter 4.  Syntax
			Section 4.1.  Variables
			Section 4.2.  Operators
			Section 4.3.  Control Structures
			Section 4.4.  Subroutines
			Section 4.5.  Classes and Objects
			Section 4.6.  Grammars and Rules
		Chapter 5.  Parrot Internals
			Section 5.1.  Core Design Principles
			Section 5.2.  Parrot's Architecture
			Section 5.3.  The Interpreter
			Section 5.4.  I/O, Events, Signals, and Threads
			Section 5.5.  Objects
			Section 5.6.  Advanced Features
			Section 5.7.  Conclusion
		Chapter 6.  Parrot Assembly Language
			Section 6.1.  Getting Started
			Section 6.2.  Basics
			Section 6.3.  Working with PMCs
			Section 6.4.  Flow Control
			Section 6.5.  Stacks and Register Frames
			Section 6.6.  Lexicals and Globals
			Section 6.7.  Subroutines
			Section 6.8.  Writing Tests
			Section 6.9.  PASM Quick Reference
		Chapter 7.  The Intermediate Code Compiler
			Section 7.1.  Getting Started
			Section 7.2.  Basics
			Section 7.3.  Flow Control
			Section 7.4.  Subroutines
			Section 7.5.  IMCC Command-Line Options
			Section 7.6.  IMCC Quick Reference
		Colophon
		Index