From doomvox at gmail.com Fri Jan 19 01:17:09 2024 From: doomvox at gmail.com (Joseph Brenner) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 01:17:09 -0800 Subject: [sf-perl] The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 01/21 at 1pm PDT Message-ID: "New research from the University of Washington finds that a natural aptitude for learning languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic math knowledge, or numeracy." -- About the paper "Relating Natural Language Aptitude to Individual Differences in Learning Programming Languages" (2020) by Chantel S. Prat et. al. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200302103735.htm January 21, 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/85922007479?pwd=VVZzMHNNMmJNanB6U3Z0RG1tb3BIZz09 Passcode: 4RakuRoll RSVPs are useful, though not needed: https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-perl/events/298649188