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- Creating new distributions with Dist::Zilla
- Parallel map with Parallel::Iterator
- perlprogramming.org looking for a nice home
- My OSCON talks are online
- Perl 5.13.3 is released
- How to join the CPAN Testers 2.0 Public Beta
- My life as mini-pumpking, week 2
- Downloading RT patches from the command line
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- Jay: Hopefully this functionality will require ‘use 5.14;’ (or whatever version this might appear in), so...
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- Darko: This would be a great benefit to perl source code readability imho. I hope it will make its way to the core...
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- No More Excuses
- CPAN Testers email submission interface going away September 1st
- A Matrix Worthy of Perl 6
- Why so puzzled?
- Sebastian Riedel (sri): Perl is ready for HTML5
- Jesse Thompson (zjt): Perl 12
- chromatic: A Checklist for Writing Maintainable Perl
- Curtis Jewell: Strawberry Perl Professional Alpha 2 is now out...
- For speakers at Perl conferences...
- Salve J. Nilsen (sjn): Moving Perl up the value chain
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Parallel map with Parallel::Iterator
Do you have a multi-core processor? Would you like an easy way for Perl to use all your cores to run an iterative task in parallel? Then you should check out Parallel::Iterator. Parallel::Iterator provides a very simple API to execute a "map" function in parallel across multiple processes. It handles all the forking and inter-process [...]
perlprogramming.org looking for a nice home
I picked up this domain name a while ago since it was available and people were saying how Perl needs better visibility. (I was probably inspired by Tim's post about TIOBE). Currently, I just redirect to perl.org. The domain is coming up for renewal and I'll gladly sign it over to someone who can make [...]
My OSCON talks are online
I've posted my OSCON talks (one regular talk and one lightning talk) in my Talks page. But for those wanting direct links, here they are: Free QA! -- a non-technical talk about the history and social architecture choices of the CPAN Testers project Perl 5, Version 13 -- a lightning talk summarizing notable changes in [...]
Perl 5.13.3 is released
[Reposted from my announcement to the the perl5-porters mailing list] Look at Crowley, doing 110 mph on the M40 heading towards Oxfordshire. Even the most resolutely casual observer would notice a number of strange things about him. The clenched teeth, for example, or the dull red glow coming from behind his sunglasses. And the car. [...]
Creating new distributions with Dist::Zilla