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It has been recently announced that "LOVEFiLM":http://www.lovefilm.com/, Europe's largest subscription service, are supporting the Perl community by assisting with the maintenance of regular programs such as memberships and grants. The people at "LOVEFiLM":http://www.lovefilm.com/ have seen a rapid expansion of both their service and product over the past seven years and they are all proud of its system built upon Perl. Mike Blakemore, Chief Technology Officer at "LOVEFiLM":http://www.lovefilm.com/ states: "Perl underpins ... read more |
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This year we have six students undertaking projects for the Google Summer of Code those of you who have been following The Perl Foundations 2011 students will know that two weeks ago there was an evaluation period known as the Midterm. This period is when the students, and their mentors, submit reports on the situation so far, this includes making an analysis of the work completed and the general abilities ... read more |
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It is my pleasure to announce that the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund has attracted sponsorship from cPanel. cPanel approached Karen Pauley, president of The Perl Foundation, during the recent YAPC::NA conference in Asheville and announced their intent to sponsor this fund. Karen was both pleased and delighted at the generosity of cPanel who have decided to sponsor $10,000. cPanel has been developed in Perl and they have been sponsoring ... read more |
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It is my pleasure to announce that Booking.com approached Karen Pauley, president of The Perl Foundation, during the recent YAPC::NA conference in Asheville and announced their intent to sponsor the Core Maintenance Fund. Karen was both pleased and delighted at the generosity of Booking.com who have decided to sponsor $10,000. Booking.com have sponsored Perl events and initiatives for many years and have also been host to Perl events at their ... read more |
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A new version of Perl, 5.14, was officially released on 14th May following the successful test period, including the testing of release candidates. This is the first release of Perl 5 using the new annual schedule. There are a number of enhancements and alterations in this version, a full list of changes can be found at ... read more |