I am trying to fix a several-years-old issue with Pod::Weaver and Pod::Readme.
Pod::Weaver seems to strip out directives like =for and =begin that are intended for Pod::Readme, meaning that the two cannot be used together.
Is there any way to get Pod:: Weaver working with Pod::Readme?
Me: Oh, I think I need to do some binary file decoding in #Python. What tools does Python have for this?
Python: Well there's the struct library, which has these things called pack and unpack...
Me: Oh jolly! Haven't done this for a while. Time to immerse myself in some #Perl5 nostalgia. [cracks fingers]
@veer66
Both statements can be true!
Perl's TIMTOWTDI slogan, "There Is More Than One Way To Do It" is a feature to the enlightened and a flaw to prescriptivists who recoil from "choice is good".
("Perl doesn't have a Rails" - Right, it doesn't have a=one, it has choice of seven, where seven is a variable.)
Predictability is intentional. Perl5 for a decade put compatibility ahead of progress; techniques to allow both have revived progress without sacrificing compatibility.
#perl5 #perl
@randomgeek
(and if anyone needs contractors to update a Legacy Dancer / Catalyst / ... / #Perl5 app, we've got a team that's been-there-done-that wore-out-the-T-shirt.)
Boston PM virtual meeting 7.30 PM EDT 
nominal (I'm usually online by 7).
Boston PM monthly tech meeting tonight 7-9pm ET #Perl #perl5 (virtual)
https://mobilizon.us/events/948f6693-142c-4d8f-abfc-463ce7af3876
Revisiting Perl Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in 2025
An update of my 2002 post about Perl object-oriented programming (OOP) in Perl.
https://islandinthenet.com/revisiting-perl-object-oriented-programming-oop-in-2025/
@rmloveland I really like @oalders’s new logo too! Sorry, @kraih, I think your #Perl5 raptor is out.
/ @perl
@profoundlynerdy
I don't really know Raku but I'm assuming it is close enough to #Perl5 for this purpose.
Assuming you can guarantee the doc is well formed.
my @blocks = split( /^START$|^STOP$/, $full test );
You will need to check that I have remembered the syntax properly.
Then you can step through all the odd numbered indexes to find the bits you want.
Today’s #Perl #AdventOfCode post for #pdl the Perl Data Language is about doing #cartography calculations and plotting. Read more here: https://pdl.perl.org/advent/blog/2024/12/02/cartography/ #perl5 #Advent #AdventOfCode2024 #AdventCalendar
@bearstech Je connais depuis longtemps le « #perl advent calendar » et le « #raku advent calendar »
https://pdl.perl.org/advent/blog/
https://rakudoweekly.blog/2024/12/02/2024-49-advention/
Mais il y a aussi le #weeklyChallenge
Let's assume I could decide the language on new separate projects.
Is there somewhere a list of example projects or feature sets where I could understand when #RakuLang provides an obvious advantage over starting yet another a #Perl5/CPAN project?
Something beyond the separate features of parallelism, async, grammars, OO.
I need it from two POVs:
- me, Perl experienced but Raku beginner
- serious arguments when decision gets challenged
@PerlPlayer
Yeah, though in the case of '~~' I can follow the rationale.
It was a new operator anyway. I haven't followed what is planned with it or if it was disturbing other things but I could understand the removal of the smartmatch *feature* and transitively understand that the corresponding operator alone would be a bit awkward without a default functionality behind.
Do you know more about the story of the removal? Haven't followed p5p lately...
Bye bye, little smartmatch operator, cute little two characters '~~' which I loved to use for overloading in Data::DPath long after the actual smart matching was gone.
Just had to remove it in Data::DPath for Perl 5.41.3+.
Announcing the development of a new Perl compiler for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). This allows Perl code to execute directly within the JVM, enabling seamless interoperability with Java libraries and the broader JVM ecosystem.
For more details, visit [https://github.com/fglock/PerlOnJava].
Anyone here have experience updating a Dockerized Perl application? Specifically I am looking for help upgrading the app from 5.26 to 5.30 and how to rectify errors where some libraries (I think?) were built for Perl 5.26 and won't work under 5.30?
funny/stupid statistic: #Python3 is simpler than #Perl5 (according to my #FreeBSD #poudriere)
Python3.9.18 took 4 min 54 sec to compile
Perl5.34.3_3 took 8 min 36 sec to compile
