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23 Mar
This well-written article provides structure to help readers understand how each Weekly Challenge solution was developed. It combines clear explanations with practical examples of code to look at both how to apply a problem and how to solve it. The author…
23 Mar
This is an intelligently written article that succinctly outlines how to utilise an effective problem-solving methodology without sacrificing either code readability or idiomatic use of language. In addition, the article does a wonderful job of providing …
A clearly written and entertaining article that clearly shows both Perl and Raku solutions in parallel. This demonstrates the author's understanding of the idioms and strengths of both languages. The article provides clear logic as well as practical examp…
The implementation of this solution has been done using a clean and organised manner. It shows excellent use of list processing in Raku while also using control flow to solve the problem effectively. Based on the written implementation, the author clearly…
23 Mar
An informative and thoughtful article which illustrates Raku's fantastic facilities for creating grammars and using tokens to model your own custom alphabet in a pleasing and expressive manner. Good balance of theory with practical approach; gives uncommo…
Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Alphabet Index Digit Sum" and "Valid Token Counter" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy.
23 Mar
Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Count Prefixes" and "Valid Times". 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.
The titles: 1. Unit Test Writing; 2. Documentation; 3. Release Notes; 4. Bug Triage; 5. Code Review; 6. Legacy Code Deciphering
Code with winter clothes...
I have though several times about trying to reimplement Perl in Rust and every time I quickly convinced myself not to do it. First of all because it is way beyond my expertise. However also, what is the value of it? As I understand it there was a presenta…
Or, how to go from Perl v5.005 to Perl v5.32.1 in one step.
23 Mar
23 Mar
The story of a crazy bug. Somewhere. Not in my code. discuss
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I am sending this edition rather late as I got into a frenzy of online courses that require a lot of preparation and only now I had time to work on the Perl Weekly. Sorry for that. In addition this edition has a lot of excellent articl
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March 16-18, 2026
16 Mar
In this blog post, Simon shares his solutions to another Perl Weekly Challenge, following his usual workflow of first solving the tasks in Python and then translating the logic into Perl. This approach provides an interesting comparison between the two la…
16 Mar
In this post, Roger presents his solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 364, focusing on the task involving "decrypted goals". The write-up explains the reasoning behind the algorithm and walks through a clear Perl implementation that solves the problem effic…
16 Mar
In this post, Robbie shares his Perl solutions for Perl Weekly Challenge 364, continuing his detailed and methodical style of writing about the weekly tasks. His solutions are well structured and focus on correctness and clarity, with carefully organised …
This post presents a thoughtful solution to the second task of Perl Weekly Challenge 364, with a clear explanation of the algorithm and the reasoning behind it. Reinier walks through the logic step by step and supports it with concise Perl code, making th…
This post presents a clear and well-structured solution to one of the Perl Weekly Challenge tasks. Reinier explains the approach step by step and supports it with concise Perl code, making the logic easy to follow for readers interested in algorithmic pro…
16 Mar
This post shares Peter's solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 364, presenting clear and well-structured Perl implementations for both tasks. It explains the reasoning behind the approach and walks the reader through the logic step by step, making the soluti…
16 Mar
The write-up balances technical detail with an informal and engaging style, making the reasoning behind the solutions easy to follow. It is an enjoyable and well-explained challenge post that highlights practical problem solving and thoughtful coding.
The solutions demonstrate a thoughtful and elegant approach to Perl Weekly Challenge #364, combining clear reasoning with expressive Perl idioms. The code is concise yet readable, showing creative problem-solving and effective use of Perl's strengths to p…
16 Mar
In this blog post, W. Luis Mochán shares his solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 364, presenting concise and well-thought-out Perl implementations for both tasks. The article focuses on clear logic and often explores compact solutions, sometimes even demon…
16 Mar
The article offers a practical and technically rich walkthrough of the challenge tasks. The explanations are concise but clear, and the multiple implementations make the post especially interesting for readers who enjoy comparing solutions across language…
16 Mar
This post presents solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 364, with a strong focus on clear reasoning and elegant Perl implementations. The article walks through the logic behind each task and explains the approach in a concise but technical way, making it ea…
The post provides a clear and well-structured walkthrough of Perl Weekly Challenge #364, presenting the problem statements alongside thoughtful explanations of the approach and implementation. The solutions are concise, readable, and demonstrate practical…
16 Mar
The post showing effective use of features like gather/take and thoughtful string tokenization. The post combines readable code with solid explanation, making it useful and inspiring for anyone exploring Raku for text parsing tasks.
Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Decrypt String" and "Goal Parser" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy.
16 Mar
Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Alphabet Index Digit Sum" and "Valid Token Counter". 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.
16 Mar
The CPAN distribution DBIx-Class-MockData introduces a convenient way to generate mock data for testing applications built with DBIx::Class. It helps developers quickly populate schemas with realistic test records, making it easier to write and maintain d…
16 Mar
Mail::Make is a modern Perl module for building and sending MIME email messages with a clean, fluent API. It allows developers to construct messages step-by-step (adding headers, text, HTML, attachments, etc.) while automatically generating the correct MI…
In this article, Laurent Dami explores an interesting Perl concept: two-sided constructs that behave differently depending on list or scalar context. The post explains how certain Perl expressions can adapt their behavior based on what the surrounding cod…
The article explains that Prima provides a rich set of widgets and tools for creating graphical interfaces such as windows, buttons, and other interactive elements. With relatively small pieces of code, developers can create a working GUI application and …
The Perl Steering Council shares a short summary of their latest meeting and the topics currently on their radar. The meeting itself was brief, but it still covered a few important administrative and planning items related to the Perl core project. One of…
16 Mar
In this short announcement, Jason A. Crome shares the release of Dancer 2.10, a new version of the popular Perl web framework Dancer. The post is brief and to the point, informing the community that the new version is now…
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The Perl community continues to move forward with exciting updates and useful new tools. Recently, a new release of Dancer has been announced. In his blog post, Jason A. Crome shared the release of
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9 Mar
The post provides a clear and practical walkthrough of both tasks from The Weekly Challenge, with well-structured solutions in Python and Perl. The explanations highlight useful techniques such as regex parsing, handling UTF-8 characters, and leveraging n…