#perl6 IRC channel

Much real-time discussion happens on our IRC channel, #perl6 or irc.freenode.net.

We try to be very nice to newcomers, so feel free to join us, and ask any Perl 6 questions you might have.

#perl6

We discuss questions about Perl 6, how to install a compiler, proposals for small enhancements to the specification, ideas for new modules - you name it.

If you don't have an IRC client installed, you can use your browser to connect to IRC.

If you missed an interesting discussion on #perl6 - don't worry, there are public logs available. These logs also turn many Perl 6 specific abbreviations into links, or explain them when you hover with the mouse over them. A different logging facility can be found on colabti.org.

Please do not ask for help on Perl 5 topics in #perl6.

Bots

A variety of IRC bots make our life easier, here's a short explanation of what they do - courtesy by frettled.

dalek

Announces commits (mainly to rakudo, nqp-rx and the Perl 6 book

hugme

Hugs users, or adds them as collaborators to github projects.

aloha

Tracks karma, implements 'seen', and has a few more useful features.

camelia

Perl 6 code evaluation bot. We use this for live testing of code that may be of interest to others; it chats back to the channel. perl6: my $a; will result in a test against latest revisions of rakudo and niecza, nqp: say('foo') will test nqp, std: my $a will parse the expression using STD.pm6. For other compilers, try "camelia: help".

phenny

Our secretary. Sample usage:

phenny, tell frettled to stay tuned

phenny will then let frettled know when he becomes active on the channel again.