Perl Weekly #610 - Perl and TPF
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Published: 2023-04-03 09:24:12

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Originally published at [Perl Weekly 610](https://perlweekly.com/archive/610.html)


Hi there,

Belated <strong>Happy Ramadan</strong> to those who celebrate the holy month.

To me and most of us, <strong>TPF</strong>, is the parent body who supports the language. With the emergence of <strong>Raku</strong>, it is now referred as <strong>TPRF (The Perl and Raku Foundation)</strong>. There have been many positive changes brought by the parent body. One of them is the creation of <strong>Perl Steering Council</strong> and we even get the weekly update too. You can checkout the latest update from <a href="https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2023/03/this-week-in-psc-102.html">PSC</a>.

The change in name reminds me when I had to change the name <strong>Perl Weekly Challenge</strong> to <strong>The Weekly Challenge</strong> to accommodate <strong>Raku</strong> and many other languages. Even today, I use the term <strong>Team PWC</strong> as I find it hard to move on. The best part is the team shares ideas from other languages. A fellow <strong>Team PWC</strong> member, <strong>Cheok-Yin Fung</strong> started series where she talks about popular and usefull <strong>CPAN</strong> module. Latest in the series is about <a href="https://blogs.perl.org/users/c_y_fung/2023/03/graph---weekly-travelling-in-cpan.html">Graph</a>. If you like the idea then do share your comments and encourge her. I am so proud of her. I would also like to mention about the work recently done by <strong>Dave Cross</strong> i.e. <a href="https://perlhacks.com/2023/03/improvements-to-planet-perl-and-perlanet">Improvements to Planet Perl and Perlanet</a>.

I am looking forward to the next big stable release of <strong>Perl</strong> which would bring the new shiny OO concept, <strong>Corinna</strong> among many other features. Ideally I would want to have <strong>v7</strong> as it was suggested many years ago. I have no clue if anything is happening on that front.

If you look at the positive noises on so many social platforms, I am confident we are going to bounce back soon. We have best of the best talent, we just need guidance. I am sure, <strong>TPF</strong> can help us on that front too. So all you <strong>Perl Hackers</strong>, please don't loose hope. We would bring back the glory we once had. For now enjoy all the <strong>Perl</strong> goodies in the newsletter.

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  Your editor: Mohammad S. Anwar.


## Articles

  
### [Experiments in Overloading](https://blogs.perl.org/users/toby_inkster/2023/04/experiments-in-overloading.html)

A very interesting use of case of overloading "0+" being discussed. You really don't want to skip it.

  
### [Graph - Weekly Travelling in CPAN](https://blogs.perl.org/users/c_y_fung/2023/03/graph---weekly-travelling-in-cpan.html)

Continued with the weekly travelling, here we got another brilliant piece of work. Highly recommended.

  

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## Web

  
### [Playing with PNG files](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/03/27/playing-with-png/)

It is not easy to play with PNG or any other images but here you get insight for fun. Nice work.

  
### [PNG Attachments in Romeo](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/03/28/png-attachments/)

Here we get the how-to do PNG attachements in Romeo. This will keep you busy.

  
### [Binary data in jq](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/03/29/jq-and-binary-data/)

If you ever played with jq then this is for you when dealing with binary data.

  
### [Encoding is hard](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/04/01/encoding-is-hard/)

Encoding is not my favourite subject but here it is discussed in simple language that makes it easy to follow.

  

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## CPAN

  
### [Weather::WeatherKit and Weather::Astro7Timer](https://blogs.perl.org/users/dimitrios_kechagias/2023/03/weatherweatherkit-and-weatherastro7timer.html)

Useful addition to the CPAN, if you want to access WeatherKit.

  

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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 - 211](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-211)

Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks: "Toeplitz Matrix" and "Split Same Average". 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 - 210](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/recap-challenge-210)

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

  
### [Killing Numbers](https://raku-musings.com/killing-numbers.html)

The quality blog post with graphical presentation is highly recommended. Go for it.

  
### [PWC210 - Kill and Win](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/03/30/pwc210-kill-and-win/)

Too many holes in the task but you still have solution from Flavio. Keep it up great work.

  
### [PWC210 - Number Collision](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/03/31/pwc210-number-collision/)

To me, the question section of the post is most entertaing. So much to learn from the post every week. Well done.

  
### [The Weekly Challenge 210](https://github.com/manwar/perlweeklychallenge-club/tree/master/challenge-210/james-smith#readme)

Another extraordinary piece of art by James. These need to be kept in safe.

  
### [I didn't get very well](https://fluca1978.github.io/2023/03/30/PerlWeeklyChallenge210.html)

Lack of clarity in the task created so much confusions. Still we have solution ...

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 210](https://wlmb.github.io/2023/03/27/PWC210/)

Master of one-liner is once again up for the game. I really enjoy the creative side of it.

  
### [Kill and Collide!](http://ccgi.campbellsmiths.force9.co.uk/challenge/210)

Go and play with the solution online. Interesting discussion too.

  
### [The Weekly Challenge #210](https://hatley-software.blogspot.com/2023/03/robbie-hatleys-perl-solutions-to-weekly_29.html)

Cool task analysis that makes it fun to read. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Number Challenges](https://dev.to/simongreennet/numbers-challenges-32k1)

Keeping the Perl flag flying on dev.to for so long. Thank you.

  

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## Rakudo

  
### [2023.13 Finitely](https://rakudoweekly.blog/2023/03/27/2023-13-finitely/)



  

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## Weekly collections

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

<a href="https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2023/04/cdxxxviii-11-great-cpan-modules.html">Great CPAN modules released last week</a>.

  

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The client is interested in anyone with experience building web apps in Perl, using one of the major Perl frameworks. If you’re a crack-hand with Catalyst, a Mojolicious master, or a distinguished Dancer, they want you. You’ll be deploying apps your work to AWS, so experience would be handy, and the company’s big on testing, so they’d like you to know your way around Test::More.

  
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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 folks with passion, drive, and an appreciation for new experiences.

  
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