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Issue #486 - 2020-11-16 - Why do we use Perl?
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Hi there I have been asked this question many times. And I always find it hard to answer. Recently I came across a post on Facebook which started the discussion once again. I am pleasantly surprised by some of the response to this question. I am sure you must have come across, CPAN Dashboard, by Dave Cross. I loved the idea. I have yet to try it myself, but I am certainly going to get my hands dirty soon. If you are a CPAN module author then please give it a go and share your experience with us. Let's make this as popular as CPAN itself. On a similar note, Gabor Szabo, started the CPAN Digger project. I remember many years ago, Gabor shared the idea with me and wanted me to work on this. Unfortunately I never got around to it. I am so happy that it is finally arrived. It would be great if we all come along and help with the project. A recent post by Samir Parikh, brought up the topic of "Perl Podcasts" once again. I still remember Lance Wicks and I discussed the subject during the Perl Conference in Glasgow in 2018. We even recorded our first interview together with a very popular face in the Perl commnunity. What a shame I couldn't give the attention it needed. I am still hopeful one day we will get it back in action. Last but not least, how are the various forms of lockdown treating you in your own country? Please do look after yourself and your family. Enjoy the rest of the newsletter. Mohammad Sajid Anwar |
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Statistics
In this section we show some collected stats. Let's figure out what numbers could be interesting. The script(s) are in the Git repository of the Perl Weekly. See stats from the previous weeks.
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Last week there were a total of 205 uploads to CPAN of 138 distinct distributions by 84 different authors. Number of distributions with link to VCS: 121. Number of distros with CI: 59. |
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Number of posts last week: BPO: 3; DevTo: 6; Perl.com: 1; PerlAcademy: 1; PerlHacks: 0; PerlMaven: 1; Reddit: 15; TPF: 1; |
Articles
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by Samir Parikh Samir has compiled a really cool podcast collection. Please do check it out. |
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Flavio was playing with Kubernetes in his blog post to figure out pods. | 
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Flavio shared a gem of code to traverse a hash of hashes to get to a specific item. |
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Flavio continued playing with Kubernetes with regard to Persistent Volumes. |
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Discussion
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Perl Weekly Challenge
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Welcome to a new week with couple of fun tasks "Longest Consecutive Sequence" and "Largest Rectangle". If you are new to the Weekly Challenge then why not join us and have fun every week. For more information, please read FAQ page. |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Pair Difference" and "Sudoku Puzzle" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy. |
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by Abigail Abigail never fails to impress me with his solutions. Reading his blog is even more fun. |
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by Abigail Abigail is at his best when he is showing the power of Perl, C, SQL and Node.js. |
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by Abigail You don't want to miss Abigail's blog post as he has done a great job. |
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by Arne Sommer It gives me immense pleasure every time Arne attempts a Perl solution. Amazing blogging skill as well. |
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by Cheok-Yin Fung Cheok-Yin impressed me with his blog post. It looks like a chapter from a text book. Great Job. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld Laurent's explanation of the Sudoku puzzle is the best introduction to the problem. |
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by Lubos Kolouch Lubos blogs again after a long gap. It is worth the wait. Must Read. |
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by Myoungjin Jeon Reading Myoungjin's blog is like reading a Raku text book. Everything is so nicely explained. |
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by Roger Bell West (FIREDRAKE) Big fan of Roger - yet another cool blog post showing the magic of the puzzles. |
Perl Tutorial
A section for newbies and for people who need some refreshing of their Perl knowledge. If you have questions or suggestions about the articles, let me know and I'll try to make the necessary changes. The included articles are from the Perl Maven Tutorial and are part of the Perl Maven eBook.
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Rakudo
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Weekly collections
The corner of Gabor
A couple of entries sneaked in by Gabor.
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by Gabor Szabo (SZABGAB) Gabor: I am wasting too much time on a simple and stupid game. I should find or create some other game that is rather simple, but that if I am playing it, it might be actually useful to some. |
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by Gabor Szabo (SZABGAB) Just being all cheery about writing tests. I really like doing so, as I think they really help. |
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by Gabor Szabo (SZABGAB) Primarily, that I need to find a way to show how a CI system can benefit CPAN authors to find issues with their code before it reaches CPAN and before they are alerted by the CPAN Testers. |
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