In our last edition, we learned about some of the work that Santa’s elves put into automating how they make their lists. What you probably didn’t know is that the elves stay on top of the latest and greatest technology. Being well-known avid Raku programmers, the elves were excited to hear about RakuAST and decidedContinue reading “Day 24: He’s making a list… (part 2)”
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Day 22: He’s making a list… (part 1)
If there’s anything that Santa and his elves ought to know, it’s how to make a list. After all, they’re reading lists that children send in, and Santa maintains his very famous list. Another thing we know is that Santa and his elves are quite multilingual. So one day one of the elfs decided that,Continue reading “Day 22: He’s making a list… (part 1)”
Day 17: Becoming a Time Lord in Raku
I’ve lived within a few minutes of a time zone border for most of my life. The way we distinguished time wasn’t with the official monickers of “Eastern” and “Central” time. No, we used the much more folksy (and yet, also much cooler) terms “fast time” and “slow time”. Knowing which zone you were talkingContinue reading “Day 17: Becoming a Time Lord in Raku”
RFC 225: Superpositions (aka Junctions)
Damian Conway is one of those names in the Perl and Raku world that almost doesn’t need explaining. He is one of the most prolific contributors to CPAN and was foundational in the design of Raku (then Perl 6). One of his more interesting proposals came in RFC225 on Superpositions, which suggested making his PerlContinue reading “RFC 225: Superpositions (aka Junctions)”
Day 15 – Santa had too much eggnog
Santa had too much eggnog We’re just over a week from Christmas and Santa is sending his elves the final present lists. Unfortunately, Santa had a bit too much eggnog and so the list that he sent to his elves was … not the greatest. Take a look at some of it: Santa somehow managedContinue reading “Day 15 – Santa had too much eggnog”
Raku Advent Calendar 