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2/6/21 |
A brief introduction to the 2021 virtual FOSDEM devroom, talk overview, code of conduct and Community Affairs Team. Please ask any questions after the introduction - there will be 10 minutes for discussion. TPF Code of Conduct applies to our devroom
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2/6/21 |
Set operators are often seen as a way to handle (semi-)complex mathematical issues, the only exists in Set objects. But set operators are so much more! This presentation will show you how to make use of set operators in your day-to-day code, making your code more concise, better readable and better maintainable.
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2/6/21 |
I plan to bring modern OO to the Perl core. Modern enough that it leapfrogs the capabilities of the OO systems of many other dynamic languages. I’ve been stealing ideas from Stevan Little, Damian Conway, and anyone else foolish enough to leave their ideas lying around. I have no pride. Sawyer’s expressed interest and it's likely it will go into the Perl core, though with the upcoming Perl governance changes, the timeline is unclear. I’m not going to beat around the bush: writing ...
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2/6/21 |
The TPF is passionate about helping our software communities flourish. This is an update from a legal and marketing perspective on the communities' brands and some suggested next steps to help them flourish.
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2/6/21 |
Raku is an amazing programming language, but many examples online are very complex and can be hard to follow. This talk highlights some amazing features of Raku, but assumes zero knowledge of the language.
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2/6/21 |
Spending a short time working as a barrister opened my eyes to a profession that is hundreds of years old. In comparison to the legal profession, the computing profession has barely got started! This talk is a mash up of when these two worlds collide. As professional Perl and Raku programmers are there any cool hacks we can borrow from the arcane world of barristers? Which practices could help power Perl and Raku for the next hundred years?
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2/6/21 |
When Perl gained the ability to support custom keywords provided by modules it started down the path that CPAN modules would experiment with new language ideas. Already a number of such modules exist, and it is likely this idea will continue to develop. What new ideas might turn up in the next few years, and will any of them evolve to become parts of the actual core language?
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