We have received the following Hague Grant application from diakopter. Before we vote on this proposal we would like to have a period of community consultation for 10 days. Please leave feedback in the comments or if you prefer send email with your comments to karen at perlfoundation.org. Applicant's Name: diakopter …
Read MoreName: Torsten Raudssus (Getty) Amount Requested: $3000 Synopsis The current Act software and their instances are an often discussed topic in the world of Perl. The migrating of those instances, and the move forward to more modern Perl solutions in the system are often discussed. Last year we were able to address and …
Read MoreIntroduction Opening Remarks Being asked to write a piece celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary, in essence a Silver Celebration, since the first release of the Perl Programming language was both a joy and a terror. Where would I start, what would I include, what approach should I take? It is a significant prospect …
Read MorePaul Johnson writes: In accordance with the terms of my grant from TPF this is the monthly report for my work on improving Devel::Cover covering August 2012. This month I released Devel::Cover 0.93. The bulk of this report is taken from my weekly reports, so if you have read them there is little new here. One of the …
Read MorePatrick Michaud writes: This is an interim report for my Hague Grant on "Lists, Iterators, and Parcels":http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/07/hague-grant-application-lists.html. This report has been far too long in coming; at the time of the original grant proposal (July 2010) it was expected that the design …
Read Moreby Paul Johnson In accordance with the terms of my grant from TPF this is the monthly report for my work on improving Devel::Cover covering June 2012. This month I released Devel::Cover 0.88 and 0.89. I looked into …
Read MoreIn accordance with the terms of my grant from TPF this is the monthly report for my work on improving Devel::Cover covering May 2012. This report is essentially the same as my report for the first week, but that will not be the usual case. If you read that report you can safely skip this one. You may recall that …
Read MoreIn August of 2011 Gabor Szabo started an ambitious project intended to bring a snapshot of the Perl World to the wider community. That project was called "Perl Weekly":http://perlweekly.com/. Gabor had seen an issue in the community, in order to follow the latest news, learn about the latest events or keep …
Read MoreBelow is an overview of the programs that were financially supported by The Perl Foundation in 2010. Programs are roughly broken up into 3 categories: Events, Marketing, and Development. Perl events The Perl Foundation supported four conferences in 2010. Those conferences were: The North American Yet Another Perl …
Read MoreI am pleased to announce that Solomon Foster has successfully completed his Hague Grant for "Numeric and Real Support":http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/03/hague-grant-application-numeri.html. I would like to thank Solomon and his grant manager, Jonathan Worthington, for all their work on this project. …
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