Originally published at Perl Weekly 696
Hi there,
I remember when I started The Weekly Challenge, I used to refer to Perl as Perl 5 just to differentiate it from Perl 6, which is now called Raku. Ever since Perl 6 became Raku, I went back to simply calling it Perl.
During the London Perl Workshop 2024, I heard the whispers about the proposal of change in version but no details were available at the time to my knowledge. Before I talk about it, let me share this GitHub repository for Proposed Perl Changes (PPCs). Anyone curious to know what is happening or in the pipeline, can easily get the update here. Not only that, you can even submit a feature request too. While going through the list of proposals, I came across this proposal for Perl version. A big round of applause to Aristotle Pagaltzis for such a detailed document that dives into the finer points. You must checkout the document yourself, in case I missed any important bits. As far as my understandings, in the next Perl stable release the Perl version would be 42.0. I'd be surprised if it goes without any arguments and counter arguments. If you ask for my personal opinion, I'm happy with the proposal. I hope the transition will be smooth.
As we reach the end of November, two annual events are approaching: the Advent Calendar and 24 PullRequests. Personally, I'm looking forward to the Perl Advent Calendar 2024 as it will be celebrating its 25th year. To make it special, there is a planned presentation, Half My Life with Perl by Randal Schwartz. It will be live streamed via Zoom and you can register for the event, if you're interested.
There is also one more event, Perl Community Conference, Winter 2024 scheduled for 18th December. It will be in a hybrid format.
Enjoy the start of the holiday season and stay safe.
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Your editor: Mohammad Sajid Anwar.
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TWC296
Known for compact, yet beautiful solutions, this week contribution is no different. Keep it up great work.
Squared String
A very simple and straight forward approach without any magic, rare occassion. With lots of discussion around it, would keep you busy.
Pictures of Matchstick Men
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Raku magical multi-dispatch feature in play this week on top of serious regex in action. Highly recommended.
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The Run-Length of Matchsticks
Good use of CPAN modules with detailed narratives. Well done, keep it up.
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As always, varieties of solutions in different languages. Too much to handle in one go. Highly recommended.
Squeezing and Squaring
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The Weekly Challenge #296
Simply using substr() and got the job done, that's the beauty. Cool work, keep it up.
Matchstick Compression
Line by line narrative is so handy to decode the complex logic. Thanks for making it look like cake walk.
Matchstick compression
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