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Issue #694 - 2024-11-11 - LPW: Past, Present & Future
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Hi there, It has been two weeks since the London Perl and Raku Workshop 2024, and we are still receiving attendee reports. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their experiences. Last week, I came across two such reports by Lee Johnson and Olaf Alders. I'm still hoping to find a moment to reflect on my own workshop experience. LPW holds a special place in my heart, as it was the first workshop where I gave my first talk ever. I was introduced to LPW by a colleague at work. Back then, there was always an O'Reilly stall outside the theater room, selling Perl books and surrounded by a large crowd. I remember the days when we had three strong tracks running simultaneously and, especially, the last LPW organized by Mark Keating and his team. The transition was seamless, and we continued the workshop smoothly until COVID-19 struck. For a brief period, I was part of the organizing team, but my contributions were limited to promoting the event and assisting attendees on the day. Bringing the workshop back after COVID-19 was the brainchild of Lee Johnson and Julien Fiegehenn. Their hard work truly paid off, as the event was well-attended and praised for its smooth execution. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the organizing team for providing a platform to reconnect with friends from around the world. The future of LPW looks bright as I’m hearing a lot of positive feedback about next year’s workshop, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Enjoy rest of the newsletter. Mohammad Sajid Anwar |
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Announcements
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For all who missed the LPW 2024, we now have the recordings of the event. Audio quality may not be great, I must inform you upfront. |
Articles
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It seems very busy week, lots of topics discussed amd agreed upon. Happy to see things moving really fast. Thank you Perl Steering Council. |
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Discussion
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by Karjala An interesting discussion started around the use of Mojo::UserAgent. What is your view on this? |
Grants
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by Saif Uddin Ahmed (SAIFTYNET) Great to see the improvement work being carried out in my favourite web framework, Dancer2. | 
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The Weekly Challenge
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Word Break" and "Jump 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 "Consecutive Sequence" and "Next Permutation" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy. |
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by Ali Moradi Rare pairing of 'unless' inside 'foreach' and we have a compact solution, very impressive. Please keep sharing knowledge with us. |
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by Arne Sommer The verbosity of solutions is the main attraction for me, not just this week but every week. It gives away lots of inner details. Great work, keep it up. |
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by Jaldhar H. Vyas Making good use of Raku built-in functions and getting job done in no time. Smart move, well done. |
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by Jorg Sommrey A very interesting discussion about the use of data structure to get around O(n) time. It's worth checking out, thanks for sharing. |
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by W Luis Mochan Compact one-liner in Perl for all with enough discussion to get to the core. Well done and keep it up. |
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by Matthias Muth The detailed analysis to sort out the O(n) time is very impressive. There is always something new to learn from your contributions. |
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by Packy Anderson (PACKY) Anyone looking for Raku magic then this is the best place where Raku implementation is discussed in details. Having said, I missed the musical aspect. |
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by Peter Campbell Smith A detailed proof of O(n) time is worth checking. Kudos for the effort, thanks for sharing knowledge with us. |
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by Robbie Hatley Thanks for sharing the research of finding the lexicographically next permutation. Plenty to learn from this week work. |
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by Roger Bell West (FIREDRAKE) Another dose of Raku gems discussed and it is not to be missed. Highly recommended. |
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Weekly collections
Event reports
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by Lee Johnson (LEEJO) Hear from the organiser of LPW what it takes to origanise an event. Kudos for all thier efforts. | 
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by Olaf Alders (OALDERS) A very colorful presentation, I must admit. Glad that you had great time in London. | 
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