Perl Weekly #646 - Festive Season
Tags: perl, news, programming
Published: 2023-12-11 04:39:47

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Originally published at [Perl Weekly 646](https://perlweekly.com/archive/646.html)


Hi there,

<strong>December</strong> is normally the busiest month of the year as we get to participate in two events i.e. <a href="https://24pullrequests.com">24 Pull Requests</a> and <strong>Advent Calendars</strong> for many programming languages e.g. <a href="https://perladvent.org/2023">Perl</a>, <a href="https://raku-advent.blog">Raku</a>, <a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/advent-calendar-2023">The Weekly Challenge</a>. As mentioned in the <a href="https://perlweekly.com/archive/641.html">weekly newsletter</a> by <strong>Gabor Szabo</strong>, there is an aggregation of <a href="http://lenjaffe.com/AdventPlanet">Advent Calendars</a> managed by <strong>Len Jaffe</strong>.

In the <a href="https://perlweekly.com/archive/644.html">last edition</a> of newsletter, I requested for sponsor. To my surprise, I have had few offers came through. It is still early stage of discussion. I am hopefull something positive will come out of it. I am keeping fingers crossed.

<strong>Have you contributed to Perl Advent Calendar 2023?</strong>

If not then you should and share your real life experience with Perl. You can find the details on <a href="https://github.com/perladvent/Perl-Advent">GitHub repository</a>. I missed the deadline last year but this year I really didn't want to miss the train. Luckily, thanks to <strong>Olaf Alders</strong> and team, my contribution got accepted and merged. It is now allocated <a href="https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-10.html">Day 10</a> in the calendar.

Enjoy the fesive season and look after yourself.

  --
  Your editor: Mohammad S. Anwar.


## Announcements

  
### [This week in PSC (126) | 2023-11-30](https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2023/12/this-week-in-psc-126-2023-11-30.html)

Three Perl releases have been published this past week, containing patches for security issues CVE-2023-47038 and CVE-2023-47039.

  
### [Bruce Gray Candidacy for Board Membership](https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/bruceboardapp)

Presenting Bruce Gray as a candidate to join the Board with voting on 15th Dec 2023.

  
### [Ruth Holloway Candidacy for Board Membership](https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/ruthboardqapp)

Presenting Ruth Holloway as a candidate to join the Board with voting on 15th Dec 2023.

  

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## Sponsors

  
### [Rust Maven](https://rust.code-maven.com/)

Rust is, in a way, orthogonal to Perl. It is a rather verbose language with a steep learning curve. However it is much faster than Perl and can be cross-compiled and easily distributed. It provides memory safety though it takes time to get used-to the ownership model. On the other hand it makes it rather easy to write threaded applications. I've been writing about Rust for a while on the Rust Maven site. You are invited to subscribe to the <a href="https://rust.code-maven.com/subscribe">Rust Maven newsletter</a>!

  

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## Articles

  
### [Building a Micro-SaaS in 30 Days](https://lesterhightower.com/blog/posts/microsaas-in-30-days/)

Real life example of building Micro-SaaS project. Highly recommended.

  
### [Is Perl a write only language?](https://chrisarg.github.io/Killing-It-with-PERL/2023/12/06/Is-Perl-a-write-only-language.html)

Use of Perl in the field of Bio-Informatics. Encouraging story to share.

  
### [System Thinking](https://dev.to/lichtkind/system-thinking-2fmp)

Although not Perl sepcific but the topic is worth sharing. Please do checkout.

  

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## Advent Calendar 2023

  
### [Day 4: Trimming your holiday tree](https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-04.html)



  
### [Day 5: Santa's Christmas Dancer2 Web App - Naughty & Nice List Manager](https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-05.html)



  
### [Day 6: Arango::Tango, the new mammal in town](https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-06.html)



  
### [Day 7: HTML/XSS scrubbing and file upload validation in Catalyst](https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-07.html)



  
### [Day 8: Who's That Clicking At The Window?](https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-08.html)



  
### [Day 9: Mooish Attribute Shortcuts For Everyone!](https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-09.html)



  
### [Day 10: Introduction to App::Timer](https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-10.html)



  

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## Grants

  
### [Maintaining Perl (Tony Cook) October 2023](https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/maintaining_perl_tonyc_october_2023)



  
### [Maintaining Perl 5 Core (Dave Mitchell): September - October 2023](https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/maintaining_perl_dave_mitchell_september_october_2023)



  

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## Videos

  
### [Revisit Perl programming after 20 years](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d3z2wVtDD8)

Using Perl to code a generative language model.

  

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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 - 247](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-247)

Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks: "Secret Santa" and "Most Frequent Letter Pair". If you are new to the weekly challenge, why not join us and have fun every week? For more information, please read the <a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org/faq">FAQ</a>.

  
### [RECAP - The Weekly Challenge - 246](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/recap-challenge-246)

Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "6 out of 49" and "Linear Recurrence of Second Order" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy.

  
### [Meet The Champion - BarrOff](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/meet-the-champion-2023-08/)

Little late though, finally we have interview with the champion, <strong>BarrOff</strong> is public now.

  
### [Meet The Champion - Peter Meszaroa](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/meet-the-champion-2023-11/)

Please checkout the interview with the latest weekly challenge champion, <strong>Peter Meszaros</strong>.

  
### [Out of Linear](https://raku-musings.com/out-of-linear.html)

Bonus solutions this week as we got not just Raku but many more. Thanks for sharing.

  
### [Random use of algebra](https://dev.to/boblied/pwc-246-random-use-of-algebra-4675)

Perl one-liner is showing off the power. Nice work, keep it up.

  
### [Uniquenes](https://e7-87-83.github.io/coding/challenge_246.html)

Graphical representation to present the internals. Kudo for your effort and well done.

  
### [Make It Unique](https://jacoby.github.io/2023/12/05/make-it-unique-weekly-challenge-246.html)

Discussion styled post is so fun to read. Always pleasure, highly recommended.

  
### [Recurring Lotteries](https://github.sommrey.de/blog/pwc/challenge-246/)

Nice cool new format blog post thorough discussion. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 246: 6 out of 49](https://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2023/12/perl-weekly-challenge-246-6-out-of-49.html)

Classic one-liner in Raku is must to watch out. Thanks for sharing.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 246: Linear Recurrence of Second Order](https://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2023/12/perl-weekly-challenge-246-linear-recurrence-of-second-order.html)

Keeping the solution simple and straight forward both in Perl and Raku. Highly recommended.

  
### [Brute Force Math!](https://fluca1978.github.io/2023/12/04/PerlWeeklyChallenge246.html)

Use of brute force method can be handy at times. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 246](https://wlmb.github.io/2023/12/03/PWC246/)

Perl one-liner by one of the masters of one-liner. Thanks for your contributions.

  
### [25 or 6 out of four… ty-nine](https://packy.dardan.com/2023/12/05/perl-weekly-challenge-25-or-6-out-of-four-ty-nine/)

Just love the different approaches to solve a task. So much to learn from it, thanks for sharing.

  
### [Lotteries and sequences](http://ccgi.campbellsmiths.force9.co.uk/challenge/246)

Keep it sweet and simple to get the job done. Cool attempt.

  

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## Rakudo

  
### [2023.49 Venting This AD](https://rakudoweekly.blog/2023/12/04/2023-49-venting-this-ad/)



  

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## Weekly collections

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

<a href="https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2023/12/cdlxxiii-6-great-cpan-modules-released.html">Great CPAN modules released last week</a>;<br><a href="https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2023/12/dlxxiv-metacpan-weekly-report.html">MetaCPAN weekly report</a>.

  

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## The corner of Gabor
A couple of entries sneaked in by Gabor.
  
### [Programming language popularity on Reddit](https://szabgab.com/reddit-programming-language-popularity)

I was interested how different programming languages are doing on social networks and social platforms. This time I looked at the popularity of the Subreddits.

  

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## <a href="https://perl.careers/?utm_source=perlweekly&utm_campaign=perlweekly&utm_medium=perlweekly">Perl Jobs by Perl Careers</a>

  
### [Perl Programmer Opportunity - Join a Prominent Tech Publishing Powerhouse in the Philippines](https://job.perl.careers/71g)

Our UK-based client is a global leader in the enterprise technology publishing industry, providing audiences worldwide with stimulating perspectives and unique news on enterprise tech that matters today and tomorrow. They are currently seeking a passionate and exceptional Perl programmer based in the Philippines to join their team.

  
### [Adventure Awaits! Senior Perl roles in Malaysia, Dubai and Malta](https://job.perl.careers/57v)

Clever folks know that if you’re lucky, you can earn a living and have an adventure at the same time. Enter our international client: online trading is their game, and they’re looking for Perl People with passion, drive, and an appreciation for new experiences.

  

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