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Issue #628 - 2023-08-07 - Have you tried Perl v5.38?
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Hi there, Ever since the release of Perl v5.38, I have been thinking of playing with it but never got anything interesting to work on. Chris Prather is taking the lead to my knowledge, sorry if I missed anyone else. You can checkout the Part 0, Part 1, Part 2,,Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6. We should all be gratefull that Chris is making an effort to showcase the power of Perl v5.38. I would also like to mention another name, Renee Baker, who shared his encounter with the latest release in the blog post, originally written in German but I used browser translate feature to read in English. Kudos to their efforts for sharing the knowledge with us. I applaud their dedications and love for Perl. One of core team member, Steven Little of Corinna started project, Stella, using the latest release of Perl v5.38. It also reminded me a blog post by Curtis Poe shared 2 years ago. I still find it very usefull and handy. Have you done anything with Perl v5.38? If yes then please do share with us so that we can make it public here with the community. In 2021, I shared the Design Pattern implementation using Moo and family in the GitHub repository. With so much happenings with Perl v5.38, I tried to re-implement Singleton just for fun using the new experimental feature class. I will see what else I can do next with the limited features we have in Perl v5.38. Facebook and Perl ... As most of you know, we have two very active Facebook groups primarily dedicated to the Perl language i.e. The Perl Community managed by Curtis Poe and Perl Programmers managed by Will Braswell. Fortunately, I am one of the moderators for both Perl groups in Facebook. Of the two groups, one is private and the other is public. Gabor Szabo, the chief editor of the Perl weekly newsletter, joined the Facebook group with much fanfare. Everyone welcomed him with open hands. I was happy to see him sharing his valuable ideas with the group members. Last week newsletter editorial created so much noise that Gabor decided to leave the Perl Programmers group. Only recently we heard from Sawyer X about the abuse he received and how he decided to stay away from any future Perl meetups/conferences. What a loss to Perl Community in general. Dave Cross also left the group in the similar fashion but luckily he is still active. If we start loosing stalwarts like this then very soon we will not have anyone to lookup for advice/guidance. I am writing this editorial midweek (Thursday night) as I am flying to India on Friday morning. By the time you get this newsletter, I would be in India. I will checkout the response on social media platform. Let us all try to create friendly space where everyone is welcome. Enjoy the rest of the newsletter and stay safe. Mohammad Sajid Anwar |
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by brian d foy (BDFOY) It's time to start thinking about how you are going to contribute to the 2023 Perl Advent Calendar. | 
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by Avery Adams Avery felt it is important to share his view with the community about the recent video by Sawyer. Sensitive discussion, thanks for sharing. |
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by John Napiorkowski (JJNAPIORK) John started blog series about Modern Perl Catalyst. If you are new to Catalyst like me then this is the good start. | 
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by John Napiorkowski (JJNAPIORK) Further update on docket setup. Find out more how Perl v5.38 would behave. |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks: "Lexicographic Order" and "Two out of Three". If you are new to the weekly challenge, why not join us and have fun every week? For more information, please read the FAQ. |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Unique Sum" and "Empty Array" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy. |
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by Arne Sommer Arne explains the subtle behaviour of Raku and shares the correct use of function. Thanks for sharing. |
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by Dave Jacoby (JACOBY) Interesting discussion around the task, worth checking out. Thanks for sharing. | 
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Great use of BagHash and it's counterpart in Perl. Great work, keep it up. | 
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) No question from Flavio, that is big achievements. Thanks for your support and encouragements. |
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by Jaldhar H. Vyas Raku continue to impress us with the compact solution. So cool, keep it up. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld Nice use of Bag from Raku. Bonus get to know the Bag equivalent in Perl. Highly recommended. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld I find this week solution very brave attempt. Why? Check it out yourself. |
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by Luca Ferrari Complete and compact solution in Raku as always. You get bonus SQL solution too. Thanks for sharing. |
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by W Luis Mochan With the help of CPAN module, made the one-liner even more crispier. Thank you. |
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by Packy Anderson (PACKY) I like the build up to the end result. Start with simple then get to the perfect solution. Cool, keep it up. |
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by Peter Campbell Smith Loved the compact one-liner in Perl with the help of CPAN module. Keep it up great work. |
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by Robbie Hatley Simple use of hash and map, gave us the perfect solution. Keep it simple yet elegant. Well done. |
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by Roger Bell West (FIREDRAKE) It is nice to see how hash is used in different languages. Keep it going. |
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by Simon Green Nice comparison betwwen Python and Perl solutions. You pick your favourite. |
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