Perl Weekly
Issue #267 - 2016-09-05 - Reports from YAPC::EU
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There are a number of reports from YAPC::EU,
and an aftermovie too.
Audrey Tang was first a Perl 5 programmer,
then she led the first Perl 6 implementation in Haskell,
and now she's a minister without portfolio in the Taiwanese government.
Congratulations to Audrey!
Neil
Neil Bowers
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YAPC::EU
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by Amalia Pomian
Closing thoughts on hosting YAPC::EU, from Amalia.
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Alpine Perl Workshop
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CPAN News
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Martin (I don't know which Martin) points out the problem that might affect you if you upgrade Math::BigInt but don't upgrade Math::BigRat at the same time.
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by Matt S. Trout (MSTROUT)
If you create a Perl6 directory in your CPAN author directory, anything you put there won't be considered for inclusion in the regular CPAN Index. Matt Trout explains.
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Perl 5
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by Gabor Szabo (SZABGAB)
Most Perl 5 testsuites start off by stating how many tests are expected to run; Gabor shows that you don't have to do this, and sometimes that's the easiest way to go.
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Perl 6
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by ab5tract
A new Perl 6 module, Terminal::Print , which aims to make it easier to do curses-like things in your scripts.
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by Dave Jacoby (JACOBY)
Dave has been playing with Perl 6, using it to solve the Magic Box problem.
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Grant Reports
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by Karen Pauley
Tony Cook's latest report on his work under a Perl 5 maintenance grant.
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by Karen Pauley
The latest report on Jonathan Worthington's Perl 6 grant.
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Veure
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Not Perl
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2016-08-26 Audrey Tang has been given a position in the Taiwanese government, overseeing open data initiatives, and other things. She was previously a prolific Perl 5 developer, then led the first Perl 6 implementation in Haskell. Go Audrey!
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by Ben Cotton
A short post with thoughts on writing good documentation.
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by George Dunlap
Large open source projects are collections of human beings, and human beings don't always agree with each other. Some thoughts on how to deal with that.
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Interviews
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