Suggest you take a look at https://raku.org for a strongly (but gradual) typed s...

dnautics · 2026-01-07T15:13:01 1767798781

that's just perl with a new coat of paint

fn-mote · 2026-01-07T16:12:38 1767802358

Perl 5 does not have types, as far as I know.

I’m taking the GP seriously instead of dismissing it. Raku looks like more fun than nushell tbh.

librasteve · 2026-01-07T16:18:43 1767802723

Raku types are a bit thicker than paint https://gist.github.com/raiph/849a4a9d8875542fb86df2b2eda892...

dnautics · 2026-01-08T13:46:12 1767879972

    print 42 + 99;          # 141
    print &print.file ;     # ...src/core.c/io_operators.rakumod
    print &infix:<+>.file;  # ...src/core.c/Numeric.rakumod
    print ?CORE::<&print>;  # True

I barely understood these four example lines.

rurban · 2026-01-08T05:47:49 1767851269

It has. They are just poorly supported and disliked.

DonHopkins · 2026-01-07T16:49:29 1767804569

Lead paint with asbestos sprinkles and radium racing stripes! ;)

radiator · 2026-01-07T18:52:06 1767811926

it is so much slower to start than perl, that you don't want to run it for quick one-off tasks

librasteve · 2026-01-15T18:08:51 1768500531

  ~ > time perl -e ''
  perl -e ''  0.01s user 0.01s system 10% cpu 0.179 total
  ~ > time raku -e ''
  raku -e ''  0.09s user 0.04s system 53% cpu 0.232 total
  ~ >

librasteve · 2026-01-07T16:16:28 1767802588

well waiting for Raku (formerly perl6) to be built was like watching paint dry

DonHopkins · 2026-01-07T16:50:11 1767804611

They should have named it Godot. ;) But now that name is taken.