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Quiz — Multi-MAIN

There are three versions of the MAIN function in this program:

multi sub MAIN() { say 'Default mode' }
multi sub MAIN('help') { say 'Help mode' }
multi sub MAIN(Str $mode) { say "Mode '$mode'" }

What does the program print if it is run by one of the following commands:

1

$ raku t.raku new
Prints “Mode 'new'”(: Prints “Default mode”, Prints “Help mode”, Prints “Mode 'new'”, Terminates with an exception :)

2

$ raku t.raku 1001
Prints “Mode '1001'”(: Prints “Default mode”, Prints “Help mode”, Prints “Mode '1001'”, Terminates with an exception :)

3

$ raku t.raku
Prints “Default mode”(: Prints “Default mode”, Prints “Help mode”, Prints “Mode ''”, Terminates with an exception :)

4

$ raku t.raku Help
Prints “Mode 'Help'”(: Prints “Default mode”, Prints “Help mode”, Prints “Mode 'Help'”, Terminates with an exception :)Parameters are case sensitive in this case.

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