From doomvox at gmail.com Sat Feb 3 16:10:27 2024 From: doomvox at gmail.com (Joseph Brenner) Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2024 16:10:27 -0800 Subject: [sf-perl] The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 02/04 at 1pm PDT Message-ID: John Dewey, "Logic: The Theory of Inquiry" (1938): "... the more developed this field becomes, the more pressing is the question as to what it is all about." The Raku Study Group February 4th, 2024 1pm in California, 9pm in the UK An informal meeting: drop by when you can, show us what you've got, ask and answer questions, or just listen and lurk. Perl and programming in general are fair game, along with Raku, Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87320867624?pwd=UUNjNWx1YUp2RWdPay8zWnFydGcvUT09 Passcode: 4RakuRoll RSVPs are useful, though not needed: https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-perl/events/298981917/ From doomvox at gmail.com Fri Feb 23 14:43:44 2024 From: doomvox at gmail.com (Joseph Brenner) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:43:44 -0800 Subject: [sf-perl] The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 02/25 at 1pm PDT Message-ID: "Over the years, executives have backed their desire to eliminate programmers with staggering funds. Dozens of simplistic schemes have been heaped with money and praise on the promise-- as yet not kept-- of going directly from sales proposal to a working data-processing system. But we should not chide these executives for their naivet? in assessing technical merits. We should applaud them in their sophistication in sensing the source of so many of our problems. Their touching faith in the magic of technology should serve as inspiration ... " Gerald M. Weinberg, "Psychology of Computer Programming" (1971) The Raku Study Group February 25, 2024 1pm in California, 9pm in the UK An informal meeting: drop by when you can, show us what you've got, ask and answer questions, or just listen and lurk. Perl and programming in general are fair game, along with Raku, Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86800235484?pwd=UXByayt0cStZM1BUY1IzS21sY2IzQT09 Passcode: 4RakuRoll RSVPs are useful, though not needed: https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-perl/events/299388335/