2017.05.26 in #305The 'Think Perl 6' book is out
The Think Perl 6 book is now officially out (see oreilly.com). O'Reilly received it from the printer this week and started shipping it out to retailers. It is also available in PDF format as a free book under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Readers are free to copy and distribute the text; they are also free to modify it, which allows them to adapt the book to different needs, and to help develop new material. The LaTeX source for this book is in this Github repository.
2019.05.01 in #406Perl Weekly Challenge # 6: Compact Number Ranges
One of the consistent blogger for Perl Weekly Challenger. Here Laurent shares his ideas and thoughts with regards to his solution for Challenge 006.
2019.05.24 in #409Perl Weekly Challenge # 9: Squares and Rankings
As always the case with Laurent, you are served with plenty of choices. Each blog of him can easily be turned into chapter in book. Who knows one day, with his permission, I might do that.
2019.07.08 in #416Perl Weekly Challenge #16: Pythagoras Pie
Laurent's blog is always fun to read and takes up plenty of time to understand as it covers so many different aspects of the given task.
2020.01.10 in #442Think Raku - Released
Laurent announced updated version of original book "Think Perl6" but since Perl 6 has been renamed Raku, they have also changed the title of the book.
2020.09.07 in #476Perl Weekly Challenge 76: Letter Grid
Laurent skipped "Prime Sum" task because of lack of time. However he did manage to get the "Word Search" task done on time.
2020.12.06 in #489Perl Weekly Challenge 89: GCD Sums and Magic Squares
Laurent is one of the few who have been associated with the weekly challenge from day one and you see he is still as refresh as he was on day one. Unmatched skill.
2021.06.19 in #517Perl Weekly Challenge 117: Missing Row and Possible Paths
Laurent presented us with short and precise solutions this week, specially the solution to the Find Possible Paths task. He made it look so simple. Great work, thanks for sharing.
2021.07.17 in #521Perl Weekly Challenge 121: Invert Bit
Laurent only attempted the Invert Bit task as he was too busy with his other commitments. Glad he shared the blog post with us. Thanks.
2021.08.03 in #524Perl Weekly Challenge 124: Happy Women Day and Tug of War
Laurent seems to be on the loose this week. He gave a tough fight to Abigail with his guest contributions to task #1. Having said that, his Perl solution to Tug of War is something to watch out for. You don't want to miss it.
2021.08.19 in #526Perl Weekly Challenge 126: Count Numbers and Minesweeper Game
Laurent has been sharing Perl and Raku solutions every week for months now. If you ever want to learn how to port a Raku solution to Perl then this is the best place to look. Thanks for sharing.
2021.11.19 in #539Perl Weekly Challenge 139: JortSort and Long Primes
Nice and easy solutions to the weekly challenge both in Perl and Raku. Comparison of Perl and Raku solutions is always fun. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
2021.11.26 in #540Perl Weekly Challenge 140: Add Binary
With the power of Raku, the task can be solved in one line as shown by Laurent. Thank you Laurent for sharing your knowledge.
2021.12.01 in #541Perl Weekly Challenge 141: Number Divisors and Like Numbers
I love the use of type in Raku solutions. Having said that, I haven't seen many using the subroutine return type constraint. I would like to see more examples of this from Raku experts like Laurent.
2021.12.27 in #545Perl Weekly Challenge 145: Dot Product
Laurent shared more than just Perl and Raku solutions this week. Plenty of guest language to keep you busy. Keep it up great work.
2021.12.29 in #545Perl Weekly Challenge 145: Palindromes
An exclusive blog post for each task gives more space for discussion. Simply loved reading the story. Thank you.
2022.02.13 in #551Perl Weekly Challenge 151: Binary tree Depth
Laurent always shares Perl and Raku solutions which makes it fun to compare the logic in two different languages. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
2022.04.23 in #561Abecedarian Words and Pangrams
Laurent blog is very special where you get Perl and Raku solution together. It makes it so easy to follow. Keep it up great work.
2022.05.31 in #567Perl Weekly Challenge 167
Laurent making good use of Raku power and present us a compact solution. I love how his Perl solution looks so similar to Raku. The discussion is also fun to follow. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
2022.07.05 in #572Perl Weekly Challenge 172
Once again, Laurent shared not only just Perl and Raku but also plenty of guest contributions. Keep it up great work.
2022.07.11 in #573Perl Weekly Challenge 173
A cool collection of guest languages along with Perl and Raku. Keep it up great work.
2022.07.15 in #573Sylvester's Sequence in dc
Introducing a new guest language, Dc. Get a gentle dose of Dc. Thanks for sharing.
2022.11.08 in #590Capital Detection and Decoded List
Near identical solutions in Perl and Raku. This is the case every week with Laurent. Thank you for sharing the knowledge.
2023.04.13 in #612Perl Weekly Challenge 212
I loved the way Raku magic is implemented in Perl. Very impressive. Well done.
2023.04.17 in #613Perl Weekly Challenge 213: Fun Sort
Cool attempt to use special comparison subroutine and that too in both Perl and Raku. Very smart, well done.
2023.07.26 in #627Perl Weekly Challenge 227: Friday 13th
Using the core module for date operation in Perl and Raku makes the end result portable. Keep it up great work.