Perl Weekly #642 - Perl and PAUSE
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Published: 2023-11-13 08:16:20

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Originally published at [Perl Weekly 642](https://perlweekly.com/archive/642.html)


Hi there,

<strong>Have you uploaded a module to CPAN?</strong>

If yes then you will have come across <strong>PAUSE</strong>. One of the <strong>PAUSE</strong> admins, <strong>Neil Bowers</strong>, has written handful of blog posts to help anyone understand the internals. I would recommend you start with <a href="https://neilb.org/2014/03/11/uploading-01.html">What happens when you upload to CPAN?</a>. I have seen beginners fighting with issues related to versioning. You should checkout one more cool post: <a href="https://neilb.org/2013/07/16/version-numbers.html">Semantic Version</a>. <strong>Do you want more?</strong> If yes there here is one more post on the same subject by <strong>Dave Cross</strong>: <a href="https://perlhacks.com/2016/12/version-numbers">Version Numbers</a>.

During the research, I found an <a href="https://perlmaven.com/neil-bowers">interview</a> of <strong>Neil Bowers</strong> with the chief editor <strong>Gabor Szabo</strong>. I really enjoyed watching it after a long time.

<strong>How do you debug your Perl script?</strong>

I belong to old school and still today use the command line switch <strong>-d</strong> for debugging. I know there are other ways of debugging. Recently I tried using editor <strong>Visual Studio Code</strong> with the help of colleague at work. Although I liked the visual debugging but for me <strong>old is gold</strong>. If you are new to debugging then you should checkout the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtAGbUYTnR0">YouTube video</a> by <strong>Ricardo Signes</strong>.

<strong>Ever thought of contributing to Perl?</strong>

In old days (15 years for me), it was really complicated subject. Ever since the move to <a href="https://github.com/Perl/perl5</a>GitHub</a>, it is lot easier to contribute now. The official <a href="https://perldoc.perl.org/perlhack">guide</a> is out there if you fancy. <strong>Paul Evans</strong> written a detailed post: <a href="https://leonerds-code.blogspot.com/2021/02/writing-perl-core-feature.html">Writing a Perl Core Feature</a>.

I am sure you have enough to keep you busy until next week. Last but not least belated Happy Diwali everyone.

  --
  Your editor: Mohammad S. Anwar.


## Articles

  
### [Meet The Champion - Packy Anderson](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/meet-the-champion-2023-10/)

Please checkout the interview with the latest champion of The Weekly Challenge.

  

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## The Weekly Challenge
<a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org/">The Weekly Challenge</a> by <a href="http://www.manwar.org/">Mohammad Anwar</a> will help you step out of your comfort-zone. You can even win prize money of $50 Amazon voucher by participating in the weekly challenge. We pick one winner at the end of the month from among all of the contributors during the month. The monthly prize is kindly sponsored by Peter Sergeant of <a href="https://perl.careers/">PerlCareers</a>.
  
### [The Weekly Challenge - 243](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-243)

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### [RECAP - The Weekly Challenge - 242](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/recap-challenge-242)

Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Missing Members" and "Flip Matrix" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy.

  
### [Missing Flips](http://rabbitfarm.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/perl/2023/11/11)

Clever use of map can be fun. Really enjoyed the post, thanks for sharing.

  
### [TWC242](https://deadmarshal.blogspot.com/2023/11/twc242.html)

Once again CPAN is handy to get the job done elegantly. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Missing Matrix](https://raku-musings.com/missing-matrix.html)

Lots of Raku magic to solve the task with bonus documentation. Thanks for your contributions.

  
### [Missing Members](https://variousandsundry.com/missing-members-the-live-blog/)

Unique approach to deal with the weekly task. Have fun.

  
### [Flip the Script](https://dev.to/boblied/pwc-242-flip-the-script-3p9k)

This week we have more than Perl problem. Very interesting and thanks for sharing.

  
### [Like The Deserts Miss The Rain](https://jacoby.github.io/2023/11/07/like-the-deserts-miss-the-rain-weekly-challenge-242.html)

Back to blogging after a gap, we missed you. So much about week 242, interesting.

  
### [I'm a Map](https://github.com/manwar/perlweeklychallenge-club/tree/master/challenge-242/ianrifkin#readme)

Detailed task breakdown with exceptional discussion. Highly recommended.

  
### [Missing Reversed Inversions](https://github.com/manwar/perlweeklychallenge-club/blob/master/challenge-242/jo-37/Blog.md)

Nice demo of PDL, you really don't want to miss it. Thanks for sharing.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 242: Missing Members](https://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2023/11/perl-weekly-challenge-242-missing-members.html)

Having Perl and Raku solutions side-by-side is fun to learn new tricks. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 242: Flip Matrix](https://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2023/11/perl-weekly-challenge-242-flip-matrix.html)

Dealing with matrix using Raku magic can be fun. Bonus you also get Perl version. Well done.

  
### [grepping the arrays for fun and profit!](https://fluca1978.github.io/2023/11/06/PerlWeeklyChallenge242.html)

Enjoy the bonus Python contributions. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 242](https://wlmb.github.io/2023/11/06/PWC242/)

Use of bitmasks? The end result is worth checking, Thanks for sharing.

  
### [Checking and Flipping](https://github.com/MatthiasMuth/perlweeklychallenge-club/tree/muthm-242/challenge-242/matthias-muth#readme)

Dealing matrix using map is very clever. Clever approach.

  
### [Flip the Missing Matrix Members](https://packy.dardan.com/2023/11/05/perl-weekly-challenge-flip-the-missing-matrix-members/)

COAN makes life so easy and fun, You don't want to skip it.

  
### [Flipping members](http://ccgi.campbellsmiths.force9.co.uk/challenge/242)

Task analyis done with detailed discussion. Don't forget to try the solutions.

  
### [The Weekly Challenge #242](https://hatley-software.blogspot.com/2023/11/robbie-hatleys-solutions-to-weekly.html)

Simple yet elegant solutions with detailed task analysis. Well done and thanks for sharing.

  
### [The Weekly Challenge 242](https://rcmcintosh.blog/2023/11/07/isin-ebers-and-matrix-flip-my-raku-language-solutions-to-the-weekly-challenge-242/)

Welcome to blogging and thanks for sharing first well structured blog post. Keep it up great work.

  
### [One Of Our Matrices Is Missing](https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2023/11/The_Weekly_Challenge_242__One_Of_Our_Matrices_Is_Missing.html)

Thanks for choosing Ruby/Kotlin magic in the blog post. Highly recommended.

  

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## Rakudo

  
### [2023.45 ConfVids](https://rakudoweekly.blog/2023/11/06/2023-45-confvids/)



  

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## Weekly collections

  
### [NICEPERL's lists](http://niceperl.blogspot.com/)

<a href="https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2023/11/cdlxix-11-great-cpan-modules-released.html">Great CPAN modules released last week</a>.

  

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