Author Archives: jnthnwrthngtn

Another Sunday, another “what happened this week” post. The big meaty task this week was to get grammars switched over to using 6model. This – as I had feared – proved rather trickier than doing the same thing for classes. … Continue reading →

Despite spending a chunk of the last week fighting off a pesky throat infection, it’s been pretty productive. Here’s a quick update on where things have got to. Mostly, I’ve been working on getting nqp-rx (the Parrot implementation of the … Continue reading →

Some time in November, I got a little ill, and in the weeks that followed never quite recovered my usually energy levels. Work was busy, and after dealing with that each day, I had very little energy for anything else … Continue reading →

It turns out that I’m having to take a slight diversion from meta-model work to spend a while worrying over dispatch – because not dealing with the design issues now will only make for more refactoring and pain later. Further … Continue reading →

Last weekend I was at OSDC.fr. Amongst the nice food, free Hoegaarden (thanks GitHub!) and meeting people, I gave a couple of talks. One was the tried and tested Perl 6 Signatures talk, which was well received. The second was … Continue reading →

I know that, as well as wanting a faster, more complete Rakudo, many people watching my work on Perl 6 are keen to understand and learn about the areas that I’m currently hacking on. Therefore, during my current grant, I’m … Continue reading →

After much hard work by a lot of people, Rakudo Star is here! I joined in with Rakudo development about two and a half years ago, and since then it’s been quite a ride. The rough story of how I … Continue reading →