Perl Weekly #598 - TIOBE and Perl
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Published: 2023-01-09 06:44:16

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Originally published at [Perl Weekly 598](https://perlweekly.com/archive/598.html)


Hi there,

<strong>Happy New Year everyone !!!</strong>

<strong>Year 2022</strong> saw the biggest release of <strong>Perl v5.36</strong>. It was released with big bang. There were lots of positive vibes around it. I had never seen such noise before. If you missed the fun then you can checkout my <a href="https://github.com/manwar/perl-cool-snippets">GitHub repository</a>.

I am not a big fan of <strong>TIOBE</strong> but came across <a href="https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index">TIOBE Index for January 2023</a> talking about <strong>Perl</strong> going up slightly in the index recently. It is refreshing to see the progress. Who knows one day, it would reach the <strong>TOP 5</strong> brackets.

Looking back the participation in <a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org">The Weekly Challenge</a>, it looks promising. Nearly <strong>10K</strong> contributions in <strong>Perl</strong> by the members of <strong>Team PWC</strong> in the last <strong>4 years</strong>.

<strong>What is new happening in Perl?</strong>

For me, personally, I am looking forward to the modern OO <strong>Corinna</strong> in core <strong>Perl</strong>.

<strong>Curtis</strong> wrote an interesting <a href="https://ovid.github.io/articles/converting-object-oriented-code-to-corinna.html">blog post</a> recently where he shared his real life experience with <strong>Corinna</strong>.

Enjoy rest of the newsletter.

  --
  Your editor: Mohammad S. Anwar.


## Announcements

  
### [This Week in PSC (092)](https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2023/01/this-week-in-psc-092.html)

More update on Perl v5.38.

  

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## Articles

  
### [Keeping Your Valuables Under Lock and Key](https://blogs.perl.org/users/toby_inkster/2023/01/keeping-your-valuables-under-lock-and-key.html)

One problem multiple solutions. Highly Recommended.

  
### [Typed variables](https://github.com/Ovid/type-attributes)

Typed variables in Perl? Well do checkout the post.

  
### [Perl Regex Parsing with the g option](https://davidraab.github.io/posts/perl-regex-parsing-with-g-option/)

Context is imortant, why? You will find the answer in the post.

  
### [Finding Similar Image](http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col50.html)

Linux Magazine Column 50

  

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## Web

  
### [AoC 2022/23 - Unstable diffusion](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/01/02/aoc2022-23/)



  
### [AoC 2022/24 - These elves require a lot of patience...](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/01/03/aoc2022-24/)



  
### [AoC 2022/25 - Wind down, hot air up!](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/01/04/aoc2022-25/)



  
### [AoC 2022/16 - Paying a debt](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/01/07/aoc2022-16-debt-payment/)



  
### [AoC 2022/16 - OMG what an improvement](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/01/08/aoc2022-16-omg-improvement/)



  

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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 - 199](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-199)

Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks: "Good Pairs" and "Good Triplets". 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 - 198](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/recap-challenge-198)

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

  
### [Prime the Gaps!](http://www.rabbitfarm.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/perl/2023/01/08)

Nice discussion about the task "Max Gap", thanks for sharing.

  
### [Prime the Gap](https://raku-musings.com/prime-gap.html)

The power of Raku makes the solution simple and easy to follow. Great work, keep it up.

  
### [Mind The Gap](https://jacoby.github.io/2023/01/03/mind-the-gap-weekly-challenge-198.html)

Lots of technical aspects discussed in the blog. You really don't want to miss it.

  
### [PWC198 - Max Gap](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/01/05/pwc198-max-gap/)

Clean straight forward solutions both in Perl and Raku. Thanks for your contribution.

  
### [PWC198 - Prime Count](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/01/06/pwc198-prime-count/)

Pleasantly surprised with the fun approach. Keep up the great work.

  
### [Master of Golf coding. The end result looks beautiful. Thanks.](https://github.com/manwar/perlweeklychallenge-club/tree/master/challenge-198/james-smith#readme)



  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 198: Max Gap and Prime Count](https://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2023/01/perl-weekly-challenge-198-max-gap-and-prime-count.html)

Modular solutions makes the code easy to ready. Well done.

  
### [First Perl Code of the Year!](https://fluca1978.github.io/2023/01/04/PerlWeeklyChallenge198.html)

Well, not just Raku but SQL is part of the gang as always. Please do checkout.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 198](https://wlmb.github.io/2023/01/02/PWC198/)

Good use of CPAN module to solve the task elegantly. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Mind the gap!](https://pjcs-pwc.blogspot.com/2023/01/mind-gap.html)

Thanks for sharing the sort fun. Thanks for your contributions.

  
### [The Weekly Challenge #198](https://hatley-software.blogspot.com/2023/01/robbie-hatleys-perl-solutions-to-perl.html)

Well documented solutions. Always fun to follow the blog post.

  
### [Count Max](https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2023/01/The_Weekly_Challenge_198__Count_Max.html)

Kotlin is the choosen one this week from the collection of gems. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Weekly Challenge 198](https://dev.to/simongreennet/weekly-challenge-198-2jbl)

Nice demo of code re-use. Why re-inventing the wheel, well done.

  
### [PWC 198](https://thiujiac.blogspot.com/2023/01/pwc-198.html)

The consistent contribution is the key factor. Thank you for your support.

  

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## Rakudo

  
### [2023.01 Humming Away](https://rakudoweekly.blog/2023/01/02/2023-01-humming-away/)



  

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## Weekly collections

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

<a href="">Great CPAN modules released last week</a>;<br><a href="">MetaCPAN weekly report</a>;<br><a href="">StackOverflow Perl report</a>.

  

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

  
### [Bold, beautiful, and… brainy? Senior Perl roles in Malaysia, Dubai and Malta](https://job.perl.careers/s9r)

With all the knowledge in your big, beautiful brain, it’s time to join a company that appreciates your breadth of experience. Our client provides online trading services and with offices in Dubai, Malta, and Malaysia, they’ve got the global reach that may provide the challenge you’re looking for. They know that a seasoned Perl pro is just what their team needs as they expand, and that’s where you

  
### [Perl to Node Cross-training? Yes Please! UK Remote Perl Role](https://job.perl.careers/s0u)

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.

  
### [C, C++, and Perl Software Engineers, Let’s Keep the Internet Safe. UK Remote Perl Role](https://job.perl.careers/8k9)

A leading digital safeguarding solutions provider is looking for a software engineer experienced in C, C++, or Perl. You’ll have strong Linux knowledge and a methodical approach to problem solving that you use to investigate, replicate, and address customer issues. Your keen understanding of firewalls, proxies, Iptables, Squid, VPNs/IPSec and HTTP(S) will be key to your success at this company.

  
### [Modern Perl and positive team vibes. UK Remote Perl role](https://job.perl.careers/zj0)

If you’re a Modern Perl developer in the UK with Go-lang experience (or at least a strong desire to learn) and you’re searching for a team of dynamos, we’ve found the perfect place for you. This award-winning company may be newer, but the combined experience of their people is impressive. No doubt this is one of the many reasons their AI recruitment marketing business has taken off!

  
### [Perl Developer and Business Owner? Remote Perl role in UK & EU](https://job.perl.careers/yq2)

Our clients run a job search engine that has grown from two friends with an idea to a site that receives more than 10 million visits per month. They're looking for a Perl pro with at least three years of experience with high-volume and high-traffic apps and sites, a solid understanding of Object-Oriented Perl (perks if that knowledge includes Moose), SQL/MySQL and DBIx::Class.


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