Christmas is nearly on us, 10 shopping days to go. Things at the pole were gathering pace, with so much left to do. Rudolph (him again) was pacing up and down, mashing his cheroot. He cast his mind back to the App::Crag calcs he had done last time – sure all the distances, times andContinue reading “Day 13 – Christmas Crunching Part II”
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Day 10 – Santa’s Finance Department
Cron Meets Raku The Finance Department’s computers had been converted to Debian Linux with Rakuized software along with all the other departments at the North Pole headquaters, and its employees enjoyed the Windows-free environment. However, an inspection by a firm hired to evaluate efficiency practices found some room for improvement. Much of the work dayContinue reading “Day 10 – Santa’s Finance Department”
Day 8 – HARC The Herald Angels Sing
Rudoph had long wanted wanted to write a website – he longed to share his hobbies and opinions with all the children, so that they wouldn’t just think of him as a first class pilot and navigator. He knew about Raku and he had skim read some information about Cro and Humming-Bird. But, being quiteContinue reading “Day 8 – HARC The Herald Angels Sing”
Day 3 – Christmas Crunching Part I
“Advent is here”, the buzz was all around, the elves were getting nervy and the reindeer pawed the ground. Rudolph (for it was he) stood in quiet contemplation as the elves increased their pace and the din grew ever louder. As we every other Christmas, he was wondering how to get the job done –Continue reading “Day 3 – Christmas Crunching Part I”
The 2025 Raku Advent Posts
(in chronological order, with comment references)
Day 21 – Dam Mega Christmas
[Edited by author] Scientists have also discovered that so-called megastructures built by humans can also affect the Earth’s rotation. Take the 185m (about 600 feet) tall Three Gorges Dam. Spanning the Yangtze River in Hubei province, Central China, it is the largest dam in the world and is over 2,300m (7,500 feet) in length. ItsContinue reading “Day 21 – Dam Mega Christmas”
Day 18 – Happy™ Xmas
Christmas was fast approaching and Santa was starting to worry about all the presents being wrapped in time. Ensuring that he could quickly find the Elfmail address for all of the team was important to whip them into shape. Luckily, Rudolph [for it was he] had been learning raku and cro for some years nowContinue reading “Day 18 – Happy™ Xmas”
Day 3 – Merry Cromas
The elves were keen to have an attractive Christmas tree this year. As usual, they wanted to build it with raku, their favourite programming language. They dug back into the archives of Christmas past and came up with a pretty good way to make a tree – Santa and the Magic Tree. But honestly theyContinue reading “Day 3 – Merry Cromas”
Day 20 – Craggy Christmas Chronicles
Shortly before take off, Rudolph (who wanted to get his facts 100% right) asked his friend ChattyGPT “what are the crucial factors for a successful Sleigh ride?” Certainly, said Chatty! Here are three calculations for Santa: How could Rudi check his numbers in time? Calculator using RAku Grammars (CRAG) Then he remembered that Raku, hisContinue reading “Day 20 – Craggy Christmas Chronicles”
Day 15 – An Object Lesson for the Elven
This post is a continuation of Day 5 – The Elves go back to Grammar School, you may recall that our elfin friends had worked out how to parse all the addresses from the many, many children who had emailed in their wish lists. Now, as they sing along to “Christmas is Coming”, they realiseContinue reading “Day 15 – An Object Lesson for the Elven”
Raku Advent Calendar 