found at L<irc://irc.perl.org/#perl>. Many other more specific chats are also
hosted on the network. Information about irc.perl.org is located on the
network's website: L<http://www.irc.perl.org>. For a more help oriented #perl,
-check out L<irc://irc.freenode.net/#perl>. Perl6 development also has a
+check out L<irc://irc.freenode.net/#perl>. Perl 6 development also has a
presence in L<irc://irc.freenode.net/#perl6>. Most Perl-related channels will
be kind enough to point you in the right direction if you ask nicely.
=item L<http://use.perl.org/>
use Perl; provides a slashdot-style Perl news website covering all things Perl,
-from minutes of the meetings of the Perl6 Design team to conference
+from minutes of the meetings of the Perl 6 Design team to conference
announcements with (ir)relevant discussion.
=back
The aim of the implementation is to provide the PerlIO API in a flexible
and platform neutral manner. It is also a trial of an "Object Oriented
-C, with vtables" approach which may be applied to perl6.
+C, with vtables" approach which may be applied to Perl 6.
=head2 Basic Structure
=item C<(*THEN)> C<(*THEN:NAME)>
-This is similar to the "cut group" operator C<::> from Perl6. Like
+This is similar to the "cut group" operator C<::> from Perl 6. Like
C<(*PRUNE)>, this verb always matches, and when backtracked into on
failure, it causes the regex engine to try the next alternation in the
innermost enclosing group (capturing or otherwise).
=item C<(*COMMIT)>
X<(*COMMIT)>
-This is the Perl6 "commit pattern" C<< <commit> >> or C<:::>. It's a
+This is the Perl 6 "commit pattern" C<< <commit> >> or C<:::>. It's a
zero-width pattern similar to C<(*SKIP)>, except that when backtracked
into on failure it causes the match to fail outright. No further attempts
to find a valid match by advancing the start pointer will occur again.