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Issue #679 - 2024-07-29 - Perl is like...
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Hi there! Analogies can be very useful to describe a lesser known thing by some commonly known thing, but if your readers don't know what is the dying Pontiac then maybe it is mostly confusing. For example I immediately thought about two things: the famous cruiser the Potemkin and the Potomac river. Neither of those seem to be related. Apparently the Pontiac is a car brand primarily sold in North America. You can also search for dying Pontiac, but after seeing the results I got really confused. Anyway, the discussions, both about Perl being the Pontiac dying or maybe not and the (lack of) maintenance of DBIx::Class and in general the problem with Open Source projects were very interesting. I recommend you read them. On a somewhat related topic the results of the 2024 Stack Overflow Survey were published. Perl is pretty low on the popularity list. Which ties back to the discussion. Is it important (for you) that the technology you use is popular? Does it have an impact on your ability to do whatever you want to or have to do? For example for me it is important as I mostly teach the technologies. Let me use this opportunity to mention that in the Code Mavens Meetup group I organize virtual presentations mostly about Rust, Python, and Perl. You are invited to join the group and join some of the live presentations. Enjoy your week! Gabor Szabo |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Sort Letters" and "Split String" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy. |
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by Arne Sommer Raku one-liners at its best, kudos for the elegant code. Keep sharing every week. |
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by Jaldhar H. Vyas Thoroughly discussed Raku solution would keep you busy for sure. Highly recommended. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld If you are looking for variations then this is the right place for you. You really don't want to skip it. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld One-liner with the power of regex. The end result is cute little solution. Thanks for everything. |
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by W Luis Mochan For the first, I saw someone used the experimental for_list. This week task perfectly suited for it. Well done. |
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by Matthias Muth Solutions without any gimmicks, pure Perl solution with plenty of discussion. Great work. |
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by Packy Anderson (PACKY) Nice to know that we have zip feature similar to Raku in Perl too, provided by List::AllUtils. Thanks for sharing knowledge with us. |
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by Peter Campbell Smith Nice hack to get split string task with nice explanation. Well done. |
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by Reinier Maliepaard Use of Perl regex magic can be very handy. Thanks for your contributions every week. |
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by Robbie Hatley Another great use of CPAN module List::MoreUtils and using zip6 out of box. Great work. |
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