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Preface
1. Project Overview
The Birth of Perl 6
In the Beginning . . .
The Continuing Mission
2. Project Development
Language Development
Parrot Development
3. Design Philosophy
Linguistic and Cognitive Considerations
Architectural Considerations
4. Basic Syntax
Variables
Operators
Control Structures
5. Subroutines
Using Subroutines
Parameters
Arguments
Subroutine Stubs
Subroutine Scope
Anonymous Subroutines
Multi Subroutines
Curried Subroutines
Wrapped Subroutines
Lvalue Subroutines
Macros
6. Objects
Using Objects
Classes
Roles
Delegation
Private and Public
Subroutines
Submethods
Multiple Dispatch
7. Grammars and Rules
Using Rules
Building Blocks
Modifiers
Built-in Rules
Backtracking Control
Hypothetical Variables
8. Parrot Internals
Core Design Principles
Parrot's Architecture
The Interpreter
I/O, Events, and Threads
Objects
Advanced Features
Conclusion
9. Parrot Assembly Language
Getting Started
Basics
Working with PMCs
Flow Control
Stacks and Register Frames
Lexicals and Globals
Subroutines
Exceptions and Exception Handlers
Events
Threads
Loading Bytecode
Classes and Objects
Writing Tests
10. Parrot Intermediate Representation
Statements
Variables and Constants
Symbol Operators
Labels
Flow Control
Subroutines
Methods
11. Parrot Reference
PASM Opcodes
PIR Directives
PIR Instructions
Parrot Command-Line Options
Index