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9 Mar
The post offers a clear and thoughtful walkthrough of solving the challenge with practical reasoning and well-structured code. Roger nicely explains the approach step-by-step, making the solution easy to follow while highlighting useful string-processing …
The blog presents a thorough and thoughtfully structured solution to the Perl Weekly Challenge, combining clear reasoning with well-documented Perl code. The modular design and detailed explanations make the logic easy to follow while demonstrating solid …
The write-up provides a clear and well-structured solution to the challenge, with careful input validation and readable Perl code that emphasizes robustness. The step-by-step logic and defensive programming style make the implementation easy to understand…
9 Mar
The write-up presents a clear and methodical approach to solving the Perl Weekly Challenge, with well-structured code and helpful explanations of the reasoning behind the solution. The implementation is clean and idiomatic Perl, making the logic easy to f…
9 Mar
The post presents a clear and engaging walkthrough of the challenge, combining solid problem decomposition with readable Perl implementations. The explanation of the approach is practical and easy to follow, while the multi-language comparisons add extra …
9 Mar
The post demonstrates a clean and thoughtful Perl implementation, with clear logic and well-structured code. The approach effectively handles both the self-referential string validation and the subnet-membership check, showing careful attention to correct…
The post presents a clean and well-reasoned solution to the Perl Weekly Challenge, with concise Perl code and a clear explanation of the underlying logic. The approach is methodical and easy to follow, demonstrating solid problem-solving and thoughtful ha…
9 Mar
The article provides a clear and well-structured exploration of the challenge, combining thoughtful algorithmic reasoning with an elegant implementation. The use of Perl and PDL demonstrates both efficiency and creativity, making the solution not only cor…
9 Mar
The post offers a clear and elegant walkthrough of solving two interesting problems using Raku. It stands out for its well-explained code, practical examples, and thoughtful use of language features like subsets, parsing, and bitwise operations.
Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "String Lie Detector" and "Subnet Sheriff" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy.
Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Decrypt String" and "Goal Parser". 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.
A meta-article about the series.
'We are pleased to announce version 42.1, the first maintenance release of version 42 of Perl 5.': Perldelta
Hi there!
While we are still low on articles we had a good start in the WhatsApp group I mentioned 2 weeks ago. People introduced themselves and there were some light conversations. You are welcome to join us and write a few words about yourself
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2 Mar
This post delivers clean, one‑liner solutions in both Python and Perl for the Weekly Challenge 362 tasks, showing concise use of enumeration and string repetition for Echo Chamber and leveraging language‑specific libraries for Spellbound Sorting. Simon's …
2 Mar
This post delivers a clear and well‑explained exploration of The Weekly Challenge 362 tasks, walking through character‑duplication and spelled‑number sorting logic with readable examples. The author balances practical code with thoughtful commentary, offe…
This post presents well‑thought‑out Perl solutions to the Perl Weekly Challenge 362 problems with clear logic and use of idiomatic Perl constructs. The code is structured for readability and correctness, making it a valuable example for anyone exploring c…
2 Mar
This PWC 362 Part 2 post presents a clear and efficient Perl solution for sorting numbers by their spelled-out word forms using a classic Schwartzian Transform. The explanation shows thoughtful use of Lingua::Any::Numbers for multilingual support and high…
2 Mar
This Weekly Challenge 362 post offers a clean, beginner-friendly Perl implementation of the 'Echo Chamber' task, contrasting a straightforward loop approach with a more declarative map-and-join variant. The explanations highlight readable coding practices…
2 Mar
This challenge page from Peter presents the Perl Weekly Challenge 362 tasks with clear problem statements for both 'Echo Chamber' and 'Spellbound Sorting'. It provides a solid foundation for exploring string manipulation and sorting by word form, making i…
2 Mar
This write-up offers clear, practical multi-language solutions to the Perl Weekly Challenge 362 tasks, with nicely explained approaches in Raku, Perl, Python, and Elixir that make the logic easy to follow. Packy balances straightforward implementations wi…
2 Mar
This post gives a straightforward and well-structured Perl implementation for both parts of Perl Weekly Challenge 362, cleanly illustrating string expansion and English-word sorting logic. The code leverages familiar Perl idioms like map and split for cla…
This post delivers clear, idiomatic Perl solutions to both tasks of Perl Weekly Challenge 362, using expressive constructs like map‑based repetition for Echo Chamber and a well‑structured Schwartzian sort with language‑specific converters for Spellbound S…
2 Mar
This write-up on Perl Weekly Challenge 362: Lingua to the rescue! gives a clear and practical set of Perl and Raku solutions, especially for the 'Echo Chamber' string task using Raku's expressive constructs and Perl's repetition operator. The post balance…
This Week 362 post on Braincells.com presents clear, idiomatic Perl solutions to the 'Echo Chamber' and spell-sorting tasks, with concise logic leveraging Perl's core functions for string repetition and custom sorting. The explanations walk through the pr…
2 Mar
This write-up for PWC 362 gives a thoughtful and practical exploration of multiple Perl approaches to the 'Echo Chamber' string transformation problem. Bob clearly explains regex, list-mapping, and string-building techniques, offering insights into Perl's…
2 Mar
This post offers a clear and idiomatic Raku solution to the 'Echo Chamber' challenge, showcasing concise use of core language features like map, substr, and the repetition operator. The explanation is practical and easy to follow, making it a great exampl…
2 Mar
This blog post delivers clean, idiomatic Perl solutions to both parts of TWC 362, with clear logic in the echo_chamber looping and a well-structured number-to-words sorting implementation. The use of Perl's core functions keeps the code readable and effic…
Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Echo Chamber" and "Spellbound Sorting" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy.
Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "String Lie Detector" and "Subnet Sheriff". 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 latest release includes automatic mock data generation for transactional database interactions. That means it's much easier to capture and replay sequences that involve BEGIN WORK, COMMIT, ROLLBACK, and even nested try/catch logic.
Olaf Kolkman has had a long career in networking and Open Source that led him to be working on Internet Technology, Policy and Advocacy at the Internet Society. In September 2025, we had a long conversation with him. In this first part, we discussed his i…
David Cantrell's latest on automatic cross‑platform testing tackles the perennial challenge of running CI on 32‑bit environments using modern GitHub Actions, showing how to assemble a unified workflow across Unix‑like systems while handling 32‑bit builds.…
This post offers a timely, data‑driven benchmark of CPU performance versus cost across 7 major cloud providers and 44 VM families, using Perl‑based tooling for reproducible results. The concise summary and practical Docker‑ready benchmark suite make it a …
The Perl Foundation's board has put forward Chris Prather (perigrin) as a candidate for board membership, highlighting his decades of professional Perl experience and long‑standing community contributions. His vision emphasises strengthening the Foundatio…
The Perl & Raku Foundation has opened its call for presentations for TPRC 2026, inviting submissions of 20 or 50 minute talks on topics of interest to the Perl and Raku communities. Accepted speakers will receive complimentary conference tickets, with ses…
Hi there,
If there's one thing that keeps impressing me in our community, it's the dedication of people like Olaf Alders. Week after week, Olaf keeps refining MetaCPAN, polishing small details and improving the user experience.
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23 Feb
The post delivers clear, well‑structured Python (with Perl) implementations for both the Zeckendorf representation and celebrity detection tasks, showcasing thoughtful logic and solid error handling. The explanations and example inputs/outputs make the so…
23 Feb
The post offers a clear, language-agnostic walk through both challenge tasks, computing the Zeckendorf representation and finding a celebrity in a matrix, with working code in several languages and readable explanations of the greedy Fibonacci strategy an…
23 Feb
The Perl solutions for the challenge combine clear logic with well-commented, idiomatic code that makes both the Zeckendorf representation and celebrity detection easy to follow. The step-by-step explanations and practical test cases offer a solid, educat…
23 Feb
The celebrity finder solution delivers a clear and self-contained Perl implementation that uses readable grep-based checks to identify the celebrity by row and column conditions, backed by several solid test cases illustrating correctness. Its straightfor…
23 Feb
The write-up presents a memory-efficient and well-explained Perl implementation for computing the Zeckendorf representation, cleverly using only two Fibonacci values at a time and clear test examples to illustrate the logic. Its structured presentation an…
23 Feb
The Challenge 361 post clearly states the two tasks - computing the Zeckendorf representation of a number and finding a celebrity in a matrix, along with illustrative examples that make the problem definitions easy to grasp. Its structured presentation of…
The write-up delivers clear and well-structured multi-language solutions for both the Zeckendorf representation and the celebrity detection tasks, with thoughtful explanations of the greedy algorithm and candidate evaluation. The step-by-step approach and…