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Issue #502 - 2021-03-08 - Date with Corinna
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Hi there, Are you a Perl fan? If yes then you are invited to meet Corinna, thanks to Curtis and his gang. I have been stalking Corinna ever since Curtis introduced Corinna, previously known as Cor. It is the best thing to have happened the recent times, in my humble opinion. I can't wait to see it becoming part of core Perl. But I know for a fact it is going to be a long wait. But I am sure the wait will be worthywhile. Before I forget, I would like to share another gist by Curtis where he compared the performance of core, Moose, Moo, and Object::Pad. We are also informed that the :builder is now officially removed from the Corinna MVP. Be prepared, it may come back, but for now, it's dead as documented here. Is that the only good news about Perl? Well, the short answer is No. As we all know, very soon we will have Perl 7 made public. I am little unsure about the launch date. One thing is for sure, Perl 7 is coming first and then Corinna. Please correct me if I am wrong. I am optimistic about Perl's future and confident that it is going to bounce back harder. Please check out the rest of the newsletter for more fun news related to Perl family. Mohammad Sajid Anwar |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Chinese Zodiac" and "What's playing?". 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 "Rare Numbers" and "Hash-counting String" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy. |
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by Aaron Smith As always, Aaron goes into the finer details of the task and takes us on a memorable journey. |
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by Abigail You don't read Abigail's blog just for its technical value. I love the story he created around the task. |
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by Abigail I must admit Abigail made the task look so simple and easy to follow. |
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by Adam Russell Enjoy the twists and turns described by Adam as he uses threads. Very interesting approach. | 
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by Arne Sommer We all know Arne is a Raku expert but his Perl skill is equally great. I love his Perl solutions with the flavour of Raku. |
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by Dave Jacoby (JACOBY) Dave shared his fight with the weekly task. You learn a lot by just reading his experience. | 
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) For me, the section "The questions" is more important than "The solution". He explained in great detail. | 
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Flavio threw out a challenge to readers of his blog. Find out more about it. |
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by James Smith Most of all, I fell in love with the solution to task 2. Very clever solution. Well done. |
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by Roger Bell West (FIREDRAKE) Roger shared the performance of his solutions in Perl, Python and Ruby. Some interesting stats. |
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by Simon Green I love the honesty as Simon confessed his solution is not the most optimal solution. Please check out the whole story. |
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by W Luis Mochan Luis shared multiple approaches dealing with task 1 and shared how each performed. |
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