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WGAvanDijk<p>Steve Roe (librasteve) wrote a nice Rakudo Weekly Newsletter (again, and thank you!), and started with Wayand and his case to draw in developers for whom Raku will be their first programming language, and to train them in the (many) ways of Raku.</p><p>Writings: a few blogs, a Weekly Challenge, a skeet, a video, a question, 6 comments.</p><p>Developments: new version of fez in development phase; 3 sets of core developments, 2 new modules, 12 updated modules.</p><p>Enjoy!<br><a href="https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/07/07/2025-27-your-first-language/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rakudoweekly.blog/2025/07/07/2</span><span class="invisible">025-27-your-first-language/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RakuLang</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Mattijsen<p><strong>Raku: Your First Language? - Tim Nelson</strong></p> <p><a href="https://programming.dev/post/33520116" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">programming.dev/post/33520116</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Elizabeth Mattijsen<p><strong>HARC Stack: Componenting - Steve Roe</strong></p> <p><a href="https://programming.dev/post/33520010" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">programming.dev/post/33520010</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
WGAvanDijk<p>Today, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@liz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>liz</span></a></span> has a day off from writing the Rakudo Weekly Newsletter: Steve Roe aka librasteve offered to do it this week. With success!<br><a href="https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/06/30/2025-06-released/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rakudoweekly.blog/2025/06/30/2</span><span class="invisible">025-06-released/</span></a></p><p>He starts with the announcement of the 2025.06 Rakudo Compiler, lots of good stuff.</p><p>Writings: several blogs, 1 Weekly Challenge, 4 skeets, 1 question, 3 comments.</p><p>Developments: 4 New Problem Solving Issues, 2 New Pull Requests, 4 sets of Core Developments, 1 RakuAST development, 7 new modules, 22 updated modules.</p><p>Enjoy!<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RakuLang</span></a></p>
Massa 👽 Humberto<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@manwar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>manwar</span></a></span> I really don't have the time (today) to format OR explain the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RakuLang</span></a> one-liner answers properly, so, I'm sorry but here it comes:</p><p>Replace all ?:</p><p>` " $_ ".comb.rotor(3 =&gt; -2).map({.[1] eq '?' ?? ('a'..'z').join.trans(.[0,2] =&gt; '').substr(0, 1) !! .[1]}).join `</p><p>Good string:</p><p>` 1 while s/(&lt;:Lu&gt;)(&lt;:Ll&gt;) &lt;?{$0 eq $1.uc}&gt;// | s/(&lt;:Ll&gt;)(&lt;:Lu&gt;) &lt;?{$0 eq $1.lc}&gt;// `</p>
Mohammad Sajid Anwar<p>The Weekly Challenge - 328 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perl</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RakuLang</span></a><br>Task 1: Replace all ?<br>Task 2: Good String<br><a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-328" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theweeklychallenge.org/blog/pe</span><span class="invisible">rl-weekly-challenge-328</span></a></p>
Profoundly Nerdy<p>I find a lot of Haskell folks enjoy Raku once they're properly introduced, but what about the Zig crowd? They're very different languages, I know, but their respective developers both seem to note each language is fun in its own way. </p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/rakulang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rakulang</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ziglang</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/haskell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haskell</span></a></p>
Massa 👽 Humberto<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://discordian.social/@RogerBW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RogerBW</span></a></span> those are both one-liners in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RakuLang</span></a> like so:<br>`.Date.day-of-year`<br>and<br>`.flatmap: { $^n xx $^v }`</p>
Massa 👽 Humberto<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://glasgow.social/@scimon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>scimon</span></a></span> you missed `classify` for part 2</p><p>`@a.sort.rotor(2 =&gt; -1).classify({.[1] - .[0]}).min.value.flat.say`</p><p>aaand... it's another <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rakulang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rakulang</span></a> one-liner... 🙂</p>
Mark Gardner<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://polymaths.social/@dmoonfire" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dmoonfire</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cstross</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://io.mwl.io/@mwl" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mwl</span></a></span> At least <a class="hashtag" href="https://ack.nerdfight.online/tag/perl6" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl6</a> eventually got a new name: Raku. Unfortunately, by the time that happened, the Osborne effect and community splintering damage had been done.<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://ack.nerdfight.online/tag/rakulang" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RakuLang</a>
Scimon Proctor<p><a href="https://khanate.co.uk/weekly/327.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">khanate.co.uk/weekly/327.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>So I did the Perl / Raku Weekly Challenge this week (in Raku as is often the way). I wrote my blog earlier in the week but posted it today.</p><p>I hope it make sense. And look, pictures. </p><p>(Yes, my website looks horrible but I'm a coder not and artist and am fed up pretending. It works for me.) <a href="https://glasgow.social/tags/rakulang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rakulang</span></a></p>
WGAvanDijk<p>Liz and I organised the Second Raku Core Summit, 5-10 June 2025, and today, we both wrote &amp; published a blog about it. Mine has a few more pictures than the one by Liz.</p><p><a href="https://dev.to/lizmat/the-second-raku-core-summit-f99" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dev.to/lizmat/the-second-raku-</span><span class="invisible">core-summit-f99</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wendyga.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/co-organising-the-raku-core-summit-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wendyga.wordpress.com/2025/06/</span><span class="invisible">25/co-organising-the-raku-core-summit-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RakuLang</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Mattijsen<p><strong>Co-organising the Raku Core Summit 2025 - Wendy van Dijk</strong></p> <p><a href="https://programming.dev/post/32848994" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">programming.dev/post/32848994</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Elizabeth Mattijsen<p><strong>The Second Raku Core Summit - Elizabeth Mattijsen</strong></p> <p><a href="https://programming.dev/post/32846924" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">programming.dev/post/32846924</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Paul Buetow<p>Commenting your regular expression is generally a good advice! <a href="https://thoughtbot.com/blog/comment-your-regular-expressions" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thoughtbot.com/blog/comment-yo</span><span class="invisible">ur-regular-expressions</span></a> Works pretty well as described in the article not just in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Ruby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ruby</span></a>, but also in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perl</span></a> (@Perl), <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RakuLang</span></a>, ...</p>
WGAvanDijk<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lizmat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lizmat</span></a></span> released a new Rakudo Weekly Newsletter and starts with her plan to start a new foundation to support Raku.</p><p>Developments: a new Problem Solving Issue, 3 sets of core developments, 2 sets of RakuAST developments, 1 new module, 3 new AI-aided modules, 14 updated modules.</p><p>Writings/Media: a few blogs, a video by Erry Kostala about writing Raku in Japanese, a Weekly Challenge, 2 toots, 1 skeet, 1 mailing list entry, 2 questions, 4 comments.</p><p>Enjoy!<br><a href="https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/06/22/2025-25-to-found-or-not/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rakudoweekly.blog/2025/06/22/2</span><span class="invisible">025-25-to-found-or-not/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RakuLang</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Mattijsen<p><strong>2025.25 To Found Or Not - Rakudo Weekly News</strong></p> <p><a href="https://programming.dev/post/32749352" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">programming.dev/post/32749352</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Mohammad Sajid Anwar<p>The Weekly Challenge - 327 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perl</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RakuLang</span></a><br>Task 1: Missing Integers<br>Task 2: MAD<br><a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-327" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theweeklychallenge.org/blog/pe</span><span class="invisible">rl-weekly-challenge-327</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Mattijsen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@sjn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sjn</span></a></span> </p><p>If this is about getting more (young) people interested in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rakulang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rakulang</span></a>, then maybe a mailing list is not the right way to move forward?</p><p>But I'd like to see the idea of having more "fun" though! 🙂</p>
Salve J. Nilsen<p>Dear <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a>: Is it time to revive some of the good old parts of the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perl</span></a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RakuLang</span></a> communities?</p><p>I'm specifically thinking of the "fun-with-perl" mailing list...</p><p><a href="https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.fwp/2001.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nntp.perl.org/group/perl.fwp/2</span><span class="invisible">001.html</span></a></p><p>(or maybe we already have enough <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fun</span></a> in our lives? 😅)</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fwp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fwp</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fwr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fwr</span></a></p>
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