Issue #698 - 2024-12-09 - Perl v5.41.7

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Hi there,

If you follow Perl release or want to watch what is involved. Please do note this date, 20th Dec, when it is going to be live stream the release of v5.41.7 on Twitch.

For all regulars to Perl and Raku Conference, you can now plan your visit as discussed in the blog post. I would highly recommend you take a closer look.

Advent Calendar is busy spreading fun and knowledge. You should checkout these: Perl Advent Calendar 2024 and The Weekly Challenge Advent Calendar 2024.

Enjoy the festive season and look after your health, specialky mental.

Mohammad Sajid Anwar


Announcements

Live-streaming Perl 5.41.7 development release

by Max Maischein (CORION)

Public announcement of upcoming Perl development release 5.41.7 is shared.


Articles

This week in PSC (171) | 2024-12-05

Perl version change discussed mainly in the last meetup. It was kind of re-union of ex-members.

How to create Mac GUI applications in SPVM?

by Yuki Kimoto (KIMOTO)

Have you tried SPVM before? You should definitely take a look at this fun post, if you are Mac user.

How to Use Perl for Web Development with CGI

by Mayur Koshti

If you are still using CGI in 2024 then you should checkout this post.

Get ready for the 2025 Perl and Raku Conference!

by D Ruth Holloway

Time to plan your next Perl and Raku Conference. This post would help you in planning visit much better.


Perl Advent Calendar 2024

The Weekly Challenge Advent Calendar 2024

Special Zeroes

by Jorg Sommrey

Split the weakest

by Peter Campbell Smith

Reverse Power

by Arne Sommer

Odd Character / Most Frequent Word

by Laurent Rosenfeld

Easy Pairs - Easy Merge

by Matthias Muth


Grants

PEVANS Core Perl 5: Grant Report for November 2024

A detailed breakdown of work carried out by PEVANS. I am amazed the amount of work done.


The Weekly Challenge

The Weekly Challenge by Mohammad Sajid Anwar will help you step out of your comfort-zone. You can even win prize money of $50 by participating in the weekly challenge. We pick one champion at the end of the month from among all of the contributors during the month, thanks to the sponsor Lance Wicks.

The Weekly Challenge - 299

by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR)

Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Replace Words" and "Word Search". 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.

RECAP - The Weekly Challenge - 298

by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR)

Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Maximal Square" and "Right Interval" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy.

Maximal Right

by Arne Sommer

If you code like this in any language then debugging becomes a cake walk. Well done and thanks for sharing.

The Right Square

by Jorg Sommrey

Being a student of Math, I simply love the pure mathematical approach. I miss these symbols in my programming world. Great work.

arrays and matrixes

by Luca Ferrari

Pl/Perl implementation is worth checking, incredible. It reminded me when I used to do PL/SQL as in Oracle 9 days. Highly recommended.

Perl Weekly Challenge 298

by W Luis Mochan

Another great demo of PDL. It is becoming very common these days. Keep sharing knowledge with us.

Maximally Indexed Indices

by Matthias Muth

Well narrated and self documented solution. Going through the ups and downs is not to be missed. I enjoyed the journey, well done.

Turn right at the big square

by Peter Campbell Smith

Nested loops using label to move around is fun to watch. Thanks for sharing knowledge with us every week.

The Weekly Challenge #298

by Robbie Hatley

Simple and easy approach without any gimmicks. Great work, keep it up.

Whatever You Do, Be Maximally Right

by Roger Bell West (FIREDRAKE)

My favourite Postscript solution is discussed in the post again. It is fascinating to be honest. Highly recommended.

Maximizing the interval

by Simon Green

Dealing with two dimension list in Python is so fun to watch. Anyone looking to get exposure in Python this is your friend.


Rakudo

2024.49 Advention

by Elizabeth Mattijsen (ELIZABETH)


Weekly collections

Events

Purdue Perl Mongers

December 11, 2024, Virtual event

Boston.pm monthly meeting

December 11, 2024, Virtual event

Randal Schwartz: Half My Life with Perl

December 14, 2024, Virtual event

Toronto.pm December Social

December 19, 2024, In Person Event



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