Raku
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Raku".
Sep 20, 2026
Linux Dev Time – Episode 159
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19:20AndyHOST
I lost track of where it got to.
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19:21KevinHOST
There was something called like Raku or something that was related.
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19:25KevinHOST
I don't know.
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19:25AndyHOST
I think Raku is what they named the language that was going to be the sixth version of Perl, but it turned out too different, I think.
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19:33AndyHOST
Anyway, actually, that does bring me on to a point of, like, what is your level of abstraction? So for me, the reason why I named and shamed Python 3 here for it ought to be able to handle strings, and to some extent it handles strings very well, a very, like, you don't have to think about it, is because Python's level of abstraction is right for that.
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19:52AndyHOST
And like you were saying, Kevin, Rust's level of abstraction is not right for that.
Linux Dev Time – Episode 159
A
19:20AndyHOST
I lost track of where it got to.
K
19:21KevinHOST
There was something called like Raku or something that was related.
K
19:25KevinHOST
I don't know.
A
19:25AndyHOST
I think Raku is what they named the language that was going to be the sixth version of Perl, but it turned out too different, I think.
A
19:33AndyHOST
Anyway, actually, that does bring me on to a point of, like, what is your level of abstraction? So for me, the reason why I named and shamed Python 3 here for it ought to be able to handle strings, and to some extent it handles strings very well, a very, like, you don't have to think about it, is because Python's level of abstraction is right for that.
A
19:52AndyHOST
And like you were saying, Kevin, Rust's level of abstraction is not right for that.