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authorAndreas Voegele <andreas@andreasvoegele.com>2018-07-09 17:49:07 +0100
committerDavid Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>2018-07-09 17:51:46 +0100
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+Rakudo Perl 6 is a production-ready, stable implementation of the Perl
+6 programming language.
+
+Information on Perl 6 can be found at https://www.perl6.org/.
+
+Install the perl6-Readline package or rlwrap to enable command line
+editing in the perl6 interpreter.
+
+
+Optional Dependencies
+
+Install the zef package manager to manage your Perl 6 modules.
+
+By default, Rakudo is built with support for MoarVM. The JVM backend is
+experimental and requires JDK 8.
+
+ BACKENDS=moar,jvm ./rakudo.SlackBuild
+
+Run the tests with:
+
+ MAKETEST=yes ./rakudo.SlackBuild