Perl Grants October 2023 Results, and New Call for Grant Applications
Sun, 26-Nov-2023 by
Saif Ahmed
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< trying to assist developers using AI was proposed by John Napiorkowski and Robert Grimes. This was aimed at feeding curated available quality bits of code into an AI model, and using an LLM to generate code. This has not yet visibly started but already has some enthusiastic following. Some practicalities are not specified, for example the IP of code and documentation used to train and that of the code generated, and cetainly those of us using GitHub are aware of the ethical complexities of allowing a helper AI using your code in other people's projects. Nor, for example, is the mitigation for potential to generate malicious code within the scope of this project. For these reasons, the Project has been split into two segments; a mini grant to kickstart the presence, analysis and initial coding process phase; this is then re-reviewed and if passed, a further production phase is supported.
#### Perl Core Grant PEVANS
Paul Evans is well known for a large number of Perl related contributions. Currently engaged in, amongst other things, a Object model that remains compatible with the core philosophies of Perl, bringing performance and simplicity into object cration into the Core. Perl has a large number of loosely compatible OOP paradigms; these are often powerful, hugely complex, heavy-weight, resource intensive frameworks, and therefore difficult to adopt into the core. For example Moose and Venus are superb super-OOPs, more powerful than those in many other languages. While these remain crucial to modern Perl application development, a model that has to be integrated into the core has different objectives, in terms of performance, robustness and abilitiy to not break existing applications. This challenge has been accepted by Paul and needs some support for this [intensive task](https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/pevans-perl-core).
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### Call for grant applications
Grant applications are invited once again. Projects that are already in progress, that are open source, and those that benefit the Perl Community or the Perl Core may apply for additional support. There are three categories of Grants
#### 1. General Grants:
* **Type of Idea**: Anything, code, documentation, teaching material, text book
* **Who can apply**: Anybody, apart from members of the Perl Foundation
* **Conditions**: The Project must benefit the community, even if it is a small part of the community
#### 2. Core development:
See [PERL CORE DEVELOPMENT FUND](https://www.perlfoundation.org/perl-core-development-fund.html) and [RAKU DEVELOPMENT FUND](https://www.perlfoundation.org/raku-development-fund.html) pages
* **Type of Idea**: Code that ends up contributing to Core Perl or Raku
* **Who can apply**: Any Core Perl Developer or contributor to Raku specification/implementation
* **Conditions**: The project and the Author must be endorsed by someone with Perl Core Commit privilges or the Raku steering council
#### 3. Perl/Raku Resource Modernisation Grants
* **Type of Idea**: A resource (a book, website, etc) that already exists, but needs to meet modern Perl standards
* **Who can apply**: Someone holding the copyright to the original work
* **Conditions**: A commitment to Publish. The Foundation will not ask for any royalties, but may offer editors to review the project standards.
#### How The Grants Applications Process Works
Read the [HOW TO WRITE A PROPOSAL](https://www.perlfoundation.org/how-to-write-a-proposal.html)
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