2016.08.15 in #265Where did we go wrong?
So many things are happening in the Perl 6 world. I can't include everything here, but this one blog post summarizes it well.
2016.12.24 in #283Day 24 – One Year On
Liztormato takes us through the past, the present & the future (plans) of Perl(6)
2017.01.23 in #2882017.04 Welcome!
The latest from the Perl 6 world, leading with the addition of two members to the Rakudo core development team: Nick Logan and Christian Bartolomäus.
2017.02.28 in #293The IOs Are A-Changin'
The regular weekly roundup of Perl 6 news: some bugs have been fixed, some things have been made faster, and some other stuff.
2017.07.18 in #3132017.29 Zoffix Released
The weekly roundup of Perl 6 news, which headlines with the news that Zoffix has stepped down as release manager, with Alex Daniel taking up the baton.
2017.08.21 in #3182017.34 Going
The Perl 6 weekly with more great Perl 6 content. Including the new Atomic operator.
2017.08.29 in #3192017.35 Serving Cro
Liz's weekly roundup of Rakudo news, the headline for which is Jonathan's Cro framework for building web services.
2017.10.30 in #328Rakudo Weekly
The weekly roundup of Rakudo news, which starts off with a call for contributions to the Rakudo advent calendar for 2017.
2018.01.08 in #3382018.02 FOSDEM Nearing
The Perl 6 Weekly gives us fair warning of the amazing things that'll be happening at FOSDEM, plus a rundown of developments and discussions of Perl 6.
2018.01.17 in #339An Open Letter to the Perl Community
A call for cooperation, that was apparently met by mostly negative reactions (see Reddit). I think it is very unfortunate, but I am not surprised.
2018.02.26 in #3452018.09 Say Cheese.d
The regular weekly post with plenty of interesting links to articles, questions, Tweets, and more.
2018.03.05 in #3462018.10 Pragmatic Perl
The Week in Perl 6. - All the Russian Pragmatic Perl interviews now available in English. - Tons of blog posts!
2018.03.12 in #3472018.11 Lockless Gems
The Week in Perl 6. - Jonathan Worthington wrote some modules implementing concurrent & lock-free data structures.
2018.03.26 in #3492018.13 Apply Perl 6
The weekly roundup of Perl 6 news, detailing core work, blog posts, and news about upcoming tutorials and presentations
2018.05.21 in #3572018.21 Mitigating Denial
Secure Hashing for MoarVM to Prevent DOS Attacks; The similarities between graffiti and the art of writing Perl 6 documentation; ...
2018.08.16 in #369Garbage collection in Perl 6
In the second article in this series comparing Perl 5 to Perl 6, learn how to handle object destruction in Perl 6.
2018.10.22 in #3792018.43 Coding Contest
Moritz Lenz is testing the waters to see if there is room for a crowd-sourced Perl 6 Coding Contest, and he’s inviting comments / suggestions / participations.
2018.10.26 in #379How phasers work in Perl 6
The BEGIN, END, CHECK, INIT blocks are called phasers that also exist in Perl 5. The ENTER, LEAVE, PRE, POST, KEEP, UNDO are different.
2018.11.06 in #381On Raku
What do you need to do if you really want to use the Raku name instead of Perl 6 and how to get over this extra nickname. Comments here and here
2019.09.08 in #425"Perl" in the name "Perl 6" is confusing and irritating
This is a ticket with a long discussion on changing the name of Perl 6 to Camelia, Raku, ofun, or whatever. (Not *). A fun read even if you don't want to voice your opinion. Personally I don't know if a name change will make any difference in attracting new people to either of the languages, but at least it will, hopefully, let the two communities stop fighting and get a peaceful divorce.
2020.07.26 in #467Re: Perl Weekly Issue #466 - Is Perl 7 the future?
The announcement of "Perl 7", especially in the way this was handled by The Perl Foundation compared to the actual rename of Perl 6 to Raku, had given me big doubts about whether the future of Raku is actually with The Perl Foundation.
2022.03.28 in #5582022.13 Roadmapping
An updated Comma roadmap, specifying trust between classes, calling code stored in a variable, core developments, and more!
2022.10.31 in #589On the Perl and Raku Foundation
The original announcement was indeed quite confusing. I am glad Liz managed to get a clear explanation.
2023.05.24 in #619RakuAST for Early Adopters
RakuAST is the Raku Abstract Syntax Tree. This is the first article in a new series by Liz. I was really glad to see her start writing about it on DEV.
2023.08.12 in #629Subroutine Signatures
In this blog post the focus is on (subroutine) signatures in Raku and how argument passing is different from Perl.
2023.08.13 in #629Sigils (Part 1 of 2)
In this blog post we will look at the subtle differences in sigils (the symbols at the start of a variable name) between Perl and Raku.
2023.08.14 in #629Sigils (Part 2 of 2)
In this blog post we will continue to look at the subtle differences in sigils (the symbols at the start of a variable name) between Perl and Raku.
2025.08.25 in #7362025.34 Computationally Irreducible
The title, "Computationally Irreducible", is a playful and clever reference to a core theme of the week: complex problems that can't be easily simplified or predicted without actually running the code.
2025.09.08 in #7382025.36 Raku.org Reboot
The reboot of raku.org is a masterclass in modern open-source pragmatism. It successfully transforms a stagnant, manually-curated webpage into a vibrant, automated showcase of the language it represents.
2025.09.22 in #7402025.38 Cyclone Liz
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2025.10.06 in #7422025.40 Fosdem Calls
Commits, version numbers and closed issues are frequently used to gauge progress in the open source community. That's exactly what the most recent Rakudo Weekly News offers: a concise summary of key advancements that demonstrate how smoothly the language's engine is operating. A deprecated trait was strengthened there and a memory leak was fixed here. It's the necessary, unsexy task of laying a solid foundation.
2025.11.03 in #7462025.44 Jimmy Wales on Audrey Tang
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