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So, since I wanted to get away from the node-ecosystem, and my static site generator was written in JS, I thought I would try my hand at writing one in Perl. This is the most fun I've had writing code for years. It's just so nice to write.
I have to agree. While there can be utility in knowing other scripting languages, it is Perl which stands out as being a lot of fun. YMMV.
Over on the GnuPG mailing list, Robert J. Hansen mentioned Perl in his "Cryptography 101" message in the context of reasons to learn group theory:
Group theory is to mathematics what Perl scripting is to system
administration: it doesn't get much respect but knowing it is an
essential, non-negotiable skill purely because of how much it glues the
whole system together.
I'd add that Perl is quite an amplifier of abilities, especially when dealing with text files including config files, JSON, and XML. This is good recognition of its utility.
As of June 2025, Groklaw is back! This site was a really valuable resource in the now ancient fight between SCO and Linux. As it turned out, SCO was all hat and no cattle.Thanks to PJ for all her work, we owe her so much. RIP -- 2003 to 2013.
DuckDuckGo has made a second $25,000 USD donation to The Perl and Raku Foundation. This is tremendous news, and will help to continue to fund development of Perl. From TPRF President Stuart J Mackintosh:
DuckDuckGo has demonstrated how Perl and its ecosystem can deliver power and scale to drive the DuckDuckGo core systems, plug-in framework and Instant Answers. The Foundation is grateful that DuckDuckGo recognises the importance of Perl, and for their generous funding support for a second year through their charitable donations programme.
As of June 2025, Groklaw is back! This site was a really valuable resource in the now ancient fight between SCO and Linux. As it turned out, SCO was all hat and no cattle.Thanks to PJ for all her work, we owe her so much. RIP -- 2003 to 2013.
SUSE has recently made a big donation to the Core Maintenance Fund for Perl 5:
The Perl and Raku Foundation (TPRF) is thrilled to announce a substantial $11,500 donation from SUSE, one of the world’s leading enterprise Linux and cloud-native and AI solutions providers. This generous contribution bolsters the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund and demonstrates SUSE’s commitment to the open-source ecosystem.
As of June 2025, Groklaw is back! This site was a really valuable resource in the now ancient fight between SCO and Linux. As it turned out, SCO was all hat and no cattle.Thanks to PJ for all her work, we owe her so much. RIP -- 2003 to 2013.
We are accepting non-paper talks outside of the Science Perl Track. This event is truly hybrid, and a great alternative to travelling. It is also a really a great way of advancing your Perl resume. You will be vetted (we've gotten quite a few spam submissions), but no serious Perl speaker will turned away. The button to submit is at the bottom of the following link, click "Speak at Perl Community Conference, Summer 2025!"
This is a hybrid (in-person and virtual) conference being held in Austin, TX on July 3rd-4th.
Did you miss your chance to speak or wish to speak at the only available Perl Science Track (and get published in the Science Perl Journal)? Or maybe you just can't get enough Perl this summer??? Read on ...
The following lengths will be accepted for publication and presentation:
Science Perl Track: Full-length paper (10-36 pages, 50-minute speaker slot)
Science Perl Track: Short paper (2-9 pages, 20-minute speaker slot)
Normal Perl Track (45-minute speaker slot, no paper required)
Don’t wait! Submit a paper or talk today. All published authors will be presenting their papers at this hybrid (in-person and virtual) 2-day conference being held on July 3-4, 2025 in Austin, TX; and attendance will be free for everyone, but you must be registered and donations are kindly appreciated.
Olaf Alders arranged to have Dave Cross come speak at a meeting of the Toronto Perl Mongers recently, and the video has now been posted on the TPRF channel. Here's the link to the Youtube video: link
Update: Made the URL into a link. And how long have you been visiting this site? Goof.
For a long time, I had a link in my .sig going to Groklaw. I heard that as of December 2024, this link is dead. Still, thanks to PJ for all your work, we owe you so much. RIP Groklaw -- 2003 to 2013.
Years ago, a few people decided during the Perl Toolchain Summit (PTS) that it would be a good idea to join forces, ideas and knowledge and start a group to monitor vulnerabilities in the complete perl ecosystem form core to the smallest CPAN release. The goal was to follow legislation and CVE reports, and help authors in taking actions on not being vulnerable anymore.
That group has grown stable over the past years and is now known as CPANSec
The group has several focus areas, and one of them is channeling CVE vulnerability issues.
In that specific goal, a milestone has been reached:
The CPAN Security Group was authorized by the CVE Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) on Feb 25, 2025. A CNA assigns and manages CVE identifiers for projects in their scope.
Our scope is vulnerabilities in Perl and CPAN Modules (including End-of-Life Perl versions) found at perl.org, cpan.org or metacpan.org, excluding distributions of Perl or CPAN Modules maintained by third-party redistributors.
CVE is an international, community-based effort to identify, define and catalog publicly disclosed software vulnerabilities. To learn more about the CVE program, visit www.cve.org.
Report Vulnerability
Vulnerabilities should be reported according to the security policy of the affected project.
For more details, see our guide on how to Report a Security Issue in Perl and the CPAN ecosystem.
