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This article discusses a portable C-based program that formats code and will uniformly line up the indentation across eight different programming languages. It describes examples to show you how Eshu can help you make the indentation to your programming c…
This post focuses on three related XS modules for efficient and high speed unique identifier creation (UUID, ULID and deterministic) and content-addressable storage in Perl. It provides a comprehensive overview of how to use these tools in conjunction wit…
The unusual language that made the early web; a glimpse at the history of Perl less than truly alien to the average user; The original dynamic/interactive media for the internet; with its contribution to automation processes (primarily text); through CGI …
This article on the Beautiful Perl Feature - Heredocs and MultiLine Strings provides a nice introductory overview of how to use Perl's heredoc syntax to create readable, maintainable multiline text. It provides practical examples combined with a simple ex…
The Board is pleased to share the 2025 Annual Report from the The Perl and Raku Foundation.
Hi there,
This week's Perl landscape firmly establishes that while the history of Perl is rich and exciting, it is also a place for experimentation and innovation in the future. There have been handful of releases of Perl v5.43.9 which came up w
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The usual very detailed review by domm.
It sounds like the German Perl Workshop became a replacement to the mostly defunct YAPC::EU.
23 Mar
A concise write-up, which clearly illustrates the two parts of the Weekly Challenge: counting an index, transforming alphabet position into repetitive digit sums, and validating tokens via concise logic expression, using both Python and Perl along with a …
23 Mar
This post presents a clear, thorough examination of the problem and provides an explanation of the solution to the problem through logical analysis. Roger has created a detailed description of the proposed solution, which includes smaller, clearer explana…
23 Mar
The post gives a comprehensive introduction to how to use Perl, as well as examples of its many capabilities. Each task has been addressed thoroughly by providing clear explanations and well‑structured code, illustrating the effective and creative use of …
It is a clear and well thought-out solution that uses a sound problem-solving method, reasoning clearly, and has clean, idiomatic Perl code. The method is easy to implement, efficient and has demonstrated the author's understanding of the problem and thei…
This document has been created in a deliberate and orderly way which shows a good understanding of the problem at hand as well as the logic behind arriving at the answer; it also includes attention to detail when implementing the solution. The solution is…
23 Mar
This is a good example of a solid engineering solution. It shows a structured and clear thinking process, as well as how well you have used the basic features of Perl to accomplish the task at hand. Your implementation is both concise and expressive; thus…
This is a creative solution that is fun, playful, uses a literary reference to solve a technical problem, and has clarity of thought and personality. The implementation is brief and uses idiomatic Perl. The strengths of Perl have been used to make it clea…
A concise README that is thoughtfully organised, with clear explanations and idiomatic code, that makes it easy to replicate your approach. You have demonstrated excellent problem solving and a high level of attention to clarity in your write-up; you have…
The post is full of energy and fun. It presents a practical, hands-on approach to completing the Weekly Challenge with appropriate justification and effective usage of Perl programming constructs. Solutions demonstrate an excellent understanding of the ba…
23 Mar
A normalised write‑up is written in an interesting way, making it clear and fun to understand about solving both parts of the Weekly Challenges providing well-structured solutions and Perl/Raku examples. Examples will also be provided that are easy to rea…
23 Mar
An organised, well-articulated post that illustrates your consistent, orderly method for completing each week’s Challenge with great success in diverse languages. This demonstrates your problem solving capabilities as well as your versatility. All explana…
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
The new deadline is April 21, 2026. Go and submit your talk proposal!
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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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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…