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Issue #623 - 2023-07-03 - perl v5.38.0 was released
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Hi there! Good news. The new version of perl is out, just in time to be included in this edition. See the announcement and the perldelta for changes. If I understand correctly the bigges change by far is the addition of the class keyword. There are also a number of deprecations you will want to pay attention to. If you'd like to take it for a ride you can find the instruction how to install perl. You can also use perlbrew to install it. I hope we'll soon have a Strawberry Perl release as well.
Last week I asked two questions on various forums: If someone asks you why contribute to open source? What do you say? If you don't contribute to any open source project, what stops you from contributing? I've collected some of the responses at the bottom of the page: Why contribute to open source. As Mohammad already mentioned last week, I've set up a Zulip-based chat server for people who would like to get help on their path to contributing to open source. In this community I we'll be able to support contributors in several programming languages. We started with Perl, Python, and Rust. You are invited Enjoy your week! Gabor Szabo |
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by Sebastien Feugere The Perl data structures and objects pretty printer Data::Printer would trim strings longer than 4096 characters (this is the default value). This is something that can be parameterized in the ~/.dataprinter file: |
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by Gabor Szabo (SZABGAB) People often think that in order to contribute to an open source project you have to be some kind of an expert. Far from it. There are plenty of things one can do even with very little knowledge. Here I contributed a one-line change to the documentation of a Rust library even though I have only started to learn Rust. If I could do it I am sure all of you can. |
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by Thomas Klausner (DOMM) Plack::App::ServiceStatus is a small Plack app that can be used for health checks and general info about your app and its dependencies. |
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by Dimitrios Kechagias SQL::Inserter is new CPAN module based on what is being used at SpareRoom to easily manage buffered inserts, as well as to replace SQL::Abstract's slow insert method. |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Count Primes" and "Box Coins" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy. |
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by Arne Sommer Raku one-liner is shared with detailed description by our inhouse Raku expert. |
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by Avery Adams Using CPAN makes the solution look simple and elegant. Thanks for sharing. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld Raku built-in routine is very handy to get the job done. Please do checkout. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld Comparing Perl and Raku solutions is fun and plenty to learn. Thanks for sharing. |
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by Matthias Muth Really cool trick to solve the task "Box Coins" in Perl. Keep it up great work. |
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by Peter Campbell Smith As usual, we got well documented solutions this week, thanks for sharing. |
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by Simon Green Breaking down task makes it easy to understand and follow, thanks for sharing. |
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) This and the following article just made me want to explore the various Static Site Generators. |
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