From trixium@web.de

my @​a1=1,2,3,4; my @​a2=@​a1[2 ..^ @​a1]; my @​a3=@​a2[1 ..^ @​a2]
hangs the machine.
$ perl6 --version
This is perl6 version 2011.12-140-g0ac25d0 built on parrot 3.11.0 revision RELEASE_3_11_0

$ uname -a
Linux black 2.6.38-13-generic #​53-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 28 19​:33​:45 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Encountered that problem first with a code example from rosetta code​:
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Merge_sort#Perl_6

From @jnthn

On Wed Jan 18 00​:33​:58 2012, trixium@​web.de wrote​:

my @​a1=1,2,3,4; my @​a2=@​a1[2 ..^ @​a1]; my @​a3=@​a2[1 ..^ @​a2]
hangs the machine.
$ perl6 --version
This is perl6 version 2011.12-140-g0ac25d0 built on parrot 3.11.0
revision RELEASE_3_11_0

$ uname -a
Linux black 2.6.38-13-generic #​53-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 28 19​:33​:45 UTC
2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Encountered that problem first with a code example from rosetta code​:
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Merge_sort#Perl_6

Now​:

my @​a1=1,2,3,4; my @​a2=@​a1[2 ..^ @​a1]; my @​a3=@​a2[1 ..^ @​a2]
4

Tagging testneeded.

/jnthn

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

From @moritz

Now tested in S09-subscript/slice.t.

@moritz - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'