#WritersCoffeeClub May 28: Do you have advice for other authors that you haven't heard from different sources?
Yes: "there's more than one way to do it." (For almost any value of "it" that doesn't involve mathematics or formal logic.)
This is actually advice from a programmer, Larry Wall (inventor of Perl) but it applies especially strongly to writing fiction. Whatever you're trying to do, consider alternative ways of doing it.
I created my first mobile app in #Golang using #Fyne . It's a very simple app for logging small ideas and to do tasks on my Android phone into simple text files. These are synced w/ #Syncthing to my Laptop. From there, a #RakuLang glue script adds them to my #Taskwarrior DB. I know, weird workflow. But I wanted to highlight how easy it is to build cross-platform mobile apps in Go now. Dont have to use the Android SDK.
This thread highlights one of the key differences between the design processes behind #RakuLang and #Perl.
Raku's design all came from the question "What could I build if I could basically start again from scratch? What ideas might I have? How do I build a coherent whole from this blank canvas?"
Perl's ongoing design is all rooted in "What would I use right now in this real code I am writing today? What features would I like to have that I currently do not?"
Can we please have an alias 'but' for the 'and' binary operator in programming languages?
if outside and moving_slowly ⇒ if outside but moving_slowly
if online and not connected ⇒ if online but not connected
Such semantics made :perl: #Perl a bliss to write in some cases (if not ⇒ unless), although Perl doesn't have this 'but' alias. Probably #rakuLang can change itself at runtime to add this alias 😅
I just submitted a talk to the #Perl and #RakuLang track at #FOSDEM. Deadline for submission is tomorrow (Friday Dec 1st), and it's not too late to share! 😄
TPRF (The Perl and Raku Foundation) is organising a Raku & perl devroom at FOSDEM. Sadly, no booth for Raku & Perl. Still, plenty of interesting stands.
I want to replace my existing wall thermostat with something smarter but NOT connected to "the Cloud" for security reasons. The more open the #firmware the better.
My goals are to be able to deploy wireless temperature sensors in every room of the house and be able to script things from a #raspberrypi with API calls to the device. Any suggestions?
I'm handling sponsorships for this year's Perl and Raku Conference. Please share this far and wide so that we can get as many new sponsors as possible. ❤️
Everyone! If your #business depends on #Perl or #RakuLang please consider supporting the communities you rely on!
One good way to ensure a sustainable future for #OpenSource ecosystems like these, is to support active and fertile venues for learning and teaching these technologies.
Right now, you can help by supporting the Perl and Raku Conference, and later this year, the London Perl Workshop.
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Started reading ‘Modern Perl’ on the train to work the other day. #Perl was the first programming language I learned, 20 years ago now, but I’ve hardly used it in probably 15 years now.
Not yet sure what I’d use it for, though. Better shell scripts? I’d normally choose Python/Ruby for that.
I work Cybersecurity, I mostly use #Perl for quick one-off scans when someone asks me, "are we vulnerable to XYZ?" when XYZ has a (mis)configuration element to it.
A lot of my hobby code is using #Rakulang these days as I really enjoy the language's mutability.