Re: things I miss in Raku (from perl)

On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 10:44:58PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:

> I really do adore Raku (Perl 6), so no one get the wrong idea.
> ...

> Two things I miss about Perl 5 are
>
> 1) how fast it compiles.  P5 will do in less than a second
> what P6 takes over 15 seconds.

Raku does well for me when I don't subvert the pre-compilation of
modules.

> 2) PerlDocs.  I absolute adored PerlDocs.  They start out as
> if you do not know what you are doing (they know me!), then
> build up to more complex.  They are very, very easy to
> follow.  I have trouble even finding what  want o P6's
> docs and then when I do, they are written as a refresher
> for someone that already knows what they are doing and
> does not need them.  They are very difficult for a beginner
> to follow.

And with Raku one can be a beginner for a long time.

> Things not is either p5 or p6 I like to see:
> 
> 1) a simple C style call to call system features, etc.  P6
> has NativeCall, but it is not for the faint of heart.

NativeCall makes calling C pretty easy, but that does not negate
the difficulty of using C from a second language..

> 2) a GUI library

Shopping for a Raku GUI a few years ago was .  The GTK simple and
simpler did not have color setting; so no go for me.  So I found
Hankache's IUP module and expanded and modernized it.  I wanted
something about at Perl/Tk's complexity level.  The Raku stuff for Gtk3
and Gtk4 was daunting for being too close to the C.  Xliff has some Gtk
modules on GitHub which I did not see 'til just now; one might fit into
your sweet spot.

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