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Issue #691 - 2024-10-21 - Promoting Perl the right way and the wrong way
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Hi there! Once in a while someone suggests a way to make Perl more popular or at least to be seen by the general population of the hi-tech world. For example, in this post brian d foy and others suggested people could take a bit more active role by reacting to Perl-related projects on GitHub and elsewhere. If you are ready to spend a few minutes on it, you could go to the GitHub repository of perl and the CPAN libraries you use and you could add a star to each one them. This is a rather small task. It won't have a huge impact either, but many small things add up. Do you wonder how to find the GitHub repository of the modules you use? They are usually listed on the left-hand-side of MetaCPAN of each module. See for example the 'Repository' link of the URI distribution. Some modules don't have the 'Repository' link. One of the goals of the CPAN Digger project is to encourage people to add this information to their projects. You could help with that too so it will be easier for the next person to find the repository. --- In the last week we also saw another way someone thought to promote Perl. You can read about the Unsolicited Email many of us received in this post. I personally received 5 copies directly. I replied to them asking why do they spam me, but have not received any reply yet. This is absolutely NOT the way to promote Perl or some Perl related event or content. --- Lastly LPW is just a few days from now with lots of content and with social gatherings before and after! Enjoy your week and enjoy LPW! Gabor Szabo |
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by Dave Cross (DAVECROSS) After a break of five years, the London Perl Workshop returns next weekend. It’s been twenty years since the first one. |
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by brian d foy (BDFOY) There is certain gamification of making improvements. Go ahead, read this and then add your reaction and your GitHub Star. | 
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by Paul Cochrane How to write the SQL query clause 'WHERE column_name IN list' using DBIx::Class? |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Twice Largest" and "Zuma Game". If you are new to the weekly challenge then 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 "Middle Index" and "Poker Hand Rankings" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy. |
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by Arne Sommer Detailed analysis of complex algorithm made it look so simple and easy to follow. Incredible work. |
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by Dave Jacoby (JACOBY) Simple use of multi-layer for loops get the job done. The algorithm explained in simple term. Keep it up great work. | 
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by Laurent Rosenfeld Brute force approach turned out to be very straight forward as shown in Perl and Raku. The discussion is worth checking out. Great work. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld The shortest solution so far and easy to follow. This is cool and thanks for your contributions. |
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by W Luis Mochan Master of Perl one-liners has taken a rather lengthy approach. I am sure you are going to love it. |
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by Matthias Muth Kudos for the effort put in explaining the Poker challenge. I would highly recommend it. |
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by Packy Anderson (PACKY) Mathematical angle to deal with Poker task is thoroughly discussed. You really don't want to skip it. |
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by Peter Campbell Smith I liked how a non-player takes on Poker challenge. Kudos for the effort, thanks for sharing. |
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by Reinier Maliepaard Self documented solution in Perl covering every examples. Thanks for your contributions. |
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by Roger Bell West (FIREDRAKE) After a long time, I see the performance comparison of various programming languages. Highly recommended. |
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by Tim King Don't you love the use of Copilot? I love how it explores the task and suggest the solution. Please keep sharing knowledge with us every week. |
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by Simon Green `Powerful library of Python makes it so easy to work with Poker challenge. Must for all Python lovers. |
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