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6 Apr
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It was interesting to see how Rust started to eat Python from the inside out. Several Python modules and stand-alone tools were rewritten in Rust. Now as I can see there started to be a movement in Perl as well to rewrite some parts in
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30 Mar
30 Mar
Simon Green's 7th Anniversary Post for The Weekly Challenge is an amazing, heartfelt reflection of how far we've come as a community over the past seven years, combining his personal experience with his deep appreciation for all the amazing contributors &…
Week 366 of Roger's post is an impressive example of multi-language exploration with Ruby, Lua, PostScript and Raku; it illustrates how to solve problems in Perl and develop cross-language thinking by presenting examples of various programming paradigms s…
30 Mar
Robbie Hatley's Week 366 Answers includes usable Perl solutions, as well as easy to follow logical documentation for each step of reasoning. What is accomplished is a practical, understandable solution. While the solutions provide a clear method to convey…
The Week 366 second post by Reinier Maliepaard provides another example of his methodical and rational approach to problem-solving with a detailed logical breakdown along with concise Perl code to solve the problem. The article focuses on providing a clea…
The writing style used by Reinier Maliepaard in his submission demonstrates a logical and coherent framework and logical correctness; Making it easy for the reader to follow. Reinier’s structure of writing reflects discipline and analytic thought, along w…
30 Mar
Peter Campbell Smith's Week 366 Write-up provides an unambiguous, pragmatic solution style representing a strong real-world Perl mindset. The emphasis is placed on solving the problem in an accurate and efficient manner through simple implementation metho…
The entertaining narrative of Packy Anderson's post combines humor and solid technical approaches to a problem to keep readers interested and provide them with an enjoyable and intuitive experience involved in the solution. His creative approach to framin…
The article from Matthias Muth, entitled Matthias Muth's Week 366, is a clear and precise description of his thought processes relating to solutions presented in a concise manner while also being well-organised so as to make it easy to understand the unde…
30 Mar
The write-up gives a very reasoned overview of the problem with easy-to-follow methods of solving it using logical thinking. There is a good amount of coding as well as thorough explanations that create a valid and helpful source for those searching for a…
30 Mar
Luca Ferrari's post is a further example of his continuing theme of approaching Perl Weekly Challenge in an analytical as well as exploratory way; frequently developing solutions in several languages and platforms to help him better understand the challen…
30 Mar
The blog post written for the week of 366 by Jörg, presents an elegant solution that exemplifies the use of clear and concise Perl programming techniques with a command of idiomatic constructs. The reader will appreciate Sommrey's clean, logical approach …
The Jaldhar's blog has written an extensive, interesting post detailing how to perform Week 366 tasks. It does so by separating them into two sections: Problem 1 and Problem 2. This helps readers easily understand the problems themselves, as well as provi…
30 Mar
Bob Lied's "Valid Times" post systematically breaks down the issue into distinct steps while also providing significant attention to detail in regards to possible edge cases and practical limitations of validation of times. It presents a succinct but comp…
30 Mar
Bob Lied writes an engaging post about a problem in a clear manner, interspersing logic with humor; making it a pleasure to read! The author reviews alternative methods and their advantages/disadvantages and demonstrates a practical approach as well as de…
30 Mar
Raku Musings has a clearly written "Count the Times" post that gives a well-organised overview. It shows how idiomatic features work together effectively in Raku, resulting in a clear and elegant solution. There is an excellent balance between compact cod…
Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Count Prefixes" and "Valid Times" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy.
30 Mar
Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Max Odd Binary" and "Conflict Events". 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.
30 Mar
The blog entry, "Lingua Revival", is an interesting way to reintroduce Lingua by combining elements of memories with new features that apply to modern day Perl. The story is easy to follow and focuses on being usable in today's world, which will be benefi…
This is a great update regarding the addition of native CPAN support to Perl-on-JVM tooling. The example uses the ability to use an already developed CPAN client for installing modules and accessing the overall CPAN ecosystem in a more natural way than wo…
The Graphics::Toolkit::Color 2.0 feature overview post provides an impressive look at all of the most significant improvements that have been made in developing GTC 2.0. The description outlines how GTC has grown beyond only doing basic coloring routines …
The article presents TOON (Token-Oriented Object Notation) which aims to be simple for both people and LMs to construct and understand while using as few punctuation marks as possible and maintaining an easily accessible structure of data. It also discuss…
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.