As much as I like the #Perl built-in try/catch syntax, I do not like the following:

my $result;
try {
$result = ...
}

Putting it in a do expression just seems messy

my $result = do {
try {
...
}
}

anyone wanna review a pull request in #perl

well, it's perl that produces php

very vintage

https://github.com/openaustralia/perllib/pull/1

💵 Fastmail Donates USD 10,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation

https://www.perl.com/article/fastmail-donates-usd-10-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/

#perl #rakulang #opensource

I don't seem to get any response from MITRE Corporation requesting CVE IDs. Multiple requests have been silently ignored. What can I do ... except becoming my own CNA?

#cve #mitre #security #cre #foswiki #opensource #perl

#programming #programminglanguage #C #Cpp #Cplusplus #Perl #PHP #Python #JavaScript #scripting #compiler #gcc #gdb #OS #networks #POSIX #IETF #DNS #TCP #IP #lua #R #Java #stack #OOP #HTML #CSS #webdesign #fullstack #backend #MVC #MVT #MVP #softwaredesign #softwaredevelopment #dev #softwaredev #github #versioncontrol #softwareArchitecture #gamedev #networkdev #automation #graphana

©️ Nicolas Mouart, 2026

@faxmodem made my week with goodies from #fosdem2026

#rakulang tee-shirt and #perl sticker

Said he spent a nice time chatting with people he met there. Wish I'll make it next time!

Thanks! 😀

Why don't you hear about Perl in the headlines? Because it works. And keeps working. Sometimes the best technology is the most boring.

🐪 Read more: https://www.perl.com/article/fastmail-donates-usd-10-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/

#Fastmail #Perl #Email #BetterEmail

@oalders @rjbs

"One of the reasons that you don’t hear about Perl in the headlines is its reliability."

That's a great testimony.

Also, #Perl :)

Full image and background story:
https://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/periodic/

#periodicTable #perl #perl6 #raku

2 / 2 fin

And we, in the early days of the Internet and World Wide Web, were Punk:

Passionately writing software and then giving it away for free. Self expression through code. Hacking at systems to free it from its tightly held constraints.

Renegades and outlaws... coding #Forth even when the establishment said it encourages bad habits. Poetry expressed via #perl. Doing things with #awk that the left the original authors in shock and awe ("..we never intended *that*"). Embedding adhoc DSLs and #lisp interpreters inside of applications to extend capabilities....

"The street finds its own uses for things..." .

Indeed.

Just to get this straight: #debian rootfs is built from a toolchain that is written in ancient #perl that one guy maintains who is not even able to make his private #git #forge to return the release artifacts (its 500 baby)? ... you had me at #supplychainattack !

I’ve implemented and published a small (~100 lines) and trustworthy (#OpenSource, fully auditable) random strings (password) generator. One #PERL module with both command-line and web interface. Try, use, and download here:

https://farid.ps/random

If you are eager to be involved in some friendly FOSS community and would like to share some of your experience in a particular field where you see reproducibility and bootstrapability would improve the state of the art - don't be afraid and submit a request to be included in the one of many teams in Guix project!

Teams which will love to see for more participants #Java, #Go / #Golang #Perl, #Ruby, #Julia

https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Teams.html

No commit access is required

#Guix #guixdays2026

Sponsorship opportunities for the 2026 Perl and Raku Conference are now available:

https://www.perl.com/article/cast-iron-community-your-chance-to-sponsor-tprc-2026/

#perl @perl @tag-perl #programming

Perl Weekly Challenge 359's tasks are "Digital Root" and "String Reduction", but the entire time I was writing these solutions, all I heard in my head was Chuck Mangione's Give It All You Got. #PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir

Perl Weekly Challenge: Root It...

#Perl @PerlWChallenge 359 Digital Root and String Reduction https://wlmb.github.io/2026/02/02/PWC359/
#noxp

Let's begin the week with #Perl news.
https://perlweekly.com/archive/758.html