Here are some links to useful blog posts and other informative articles.

Note that there is a rich set of links to articles and code samples — categorized by specific language feature — at the Compiler feature comparison matrix.

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Numbers & Strings

• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-7-2011-arithmetics
• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-8-2011-parts-of-strings
• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-6-2011-building-strings
• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-22-format-strings — 2011
• szabgab.com/perl-6--scalar-array-and-hash-interpolation.html — 2009
• szabgab.com/perl-5-to-perl-6--scalars.html — 2009

Arrays & Hashes

• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-11-2011-arrays
• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-21-2011-nested-data-structures
• perlgeek.de/blog-en/perl-5-to-6/01-strings-arrays-hashes.html — 2008
• szabgab.com/perl-6--arrays-with-unique-values.html — 2009
• szabgab.com/perl-5-to-perl-6--arrays.html — 2009

Control Flow

• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-12-for-loops — 2011
• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-3-2011-if-statements
• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-4-2011-loops
• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-9-2011-given
• perlgeek.de/blog-en/perl-5-to-6/03-control-structures.html — 2008
• szabgab.com/perl-6--looping-over-a-list-of-values-one-at-a-time-two-at-a-time-and-more.html — 2009

Operators

• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-14-2011-logic-operators
• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-18-2011-junctions
• szabgab.com/perl-6--is-a-value-in-a-given-list-of-values.html — 2009

Subroutines

• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-16-2011-subroutines
• perlgeek.de/blog-en/perl-5-to-6/04-subs-and-signatures.html — 2008
• szabgab.com/perl-6-subroutines.html — 2009
• szabgab.com/perl6-subroutines-and-home-made-operators.html — 2009

Regexes

• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-13-regexes — 2011
• perlgeek.de/blog-en/perl-5-to-6/07-rules.html — 2008
• perlgeek.de/blog-en/perl-5-to-6/19-regex.html — 2008
• szabgab.com/perl-6-regexes.html — 2009
• https://github.com/perlpilot/perl6-docs/blob/master/intro/p6-regex-intro.pod — 2009

IO

• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-1-2011-input-and-output
• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-19-2011-reading-files
• szabgab.com/perl-6-files.html — 2009

OO

• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-28-2011-roles
• perlgeek.de/blog-en/perl-5-to-6/05-objects-and-classes.html — 2008
• perlgeek.de/blog-en/perl-6/object-construction-and-initialization.html — 2009

Sample Programs Explained Step-by-Step

• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/july-31-2012-the-finished-game — July, 2012 (Adventure game: “Crypt”)
• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-5-2011-guess-a-number
• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-10-2011-a-moon-lander
• strangelyconsistent.org/blog/june-20-2011-hangman
• szabgab.com/http-server-in-perl-6.html — 2009