v6::perlito(3)

💖 v6::perlito(3) — the manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is v6::perlito(3), a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the world. pull up a chair, grab a boba, we're doing this 🧋✨

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✨ NAME ✨

v6::perlito — it's a Perlito Perl6 front-end for v6.pm. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "translator bestie between worlds" 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

look at this little cutie:

# file: hello_world.pl
use v6-perlito;
"hello, world".say;

$ perl hello_world.pl

and that's it. that's the whole thing. you write it, you run it, the world gets greeted. slay 💅

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so the v6::perlito module? it's a front-end to the Perlito6 Perl 6 compiler. front-end means it's the glamorous one at the door, welcoming your code in and handing it off to the actual compiler doing the work backstage. main character energy honestly 👑

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🎀 REQUIREMENTS 🎀

• the source file header must be valid perl5 and perl6 code. both. at the same time. it's a dual-threat situation, no cap.

here's a valid header, look how well-behaved:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use v6-perlito;

why is it valid, you ask? bestie, let me break it down:

• it executes perl5 💖
• perl5 will call the v6.pm module. adorable, they're friends.

and here's an invalid header, for contrast (we do not stan):

#!/usr/bin/pugs
use v6;

why's it invalid? okay so:

• it tells perl5 to execute /usr/bin/pugs. rude, honestly.
• it tells perl5 that Perl v6.0.0 is required. 🫠

⚠️ lowkey important: get the header wrong and the whole thing falls apart. valid perl5 + valid perl6, or nothing. fr fr.

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🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

The Pugs Team <perl6-compiler@perl.org>. icons, truly. thank you for your service 🙏✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• The Perl 6 homepage at <http://dev.perl.org/perl6>. go peek, it's giving nostalgic.
• the Perl 6 Synopsis: <http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/synopsis.html>. the lore, basically.
• The Pugs homepage at <http://pugscode.org/>. yes, named after the dog. iconic behavior 🐶
• The Parrot homepage at <http://www.parrotcode.org>. another legend of the era 🦜

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright 2006, 2010, 2012 by Flavio Soibelmann Glock and others.

this program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. 💖

see <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html> for the deets.

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and that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 this page is from perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, and it's the v6::perlito(3) manual. go forth and say hello to the world ✨🌍💅