[sf-perl] The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 10/11 at 1pm PDT

[Joseph Brenner]

> C.S. Pierce, "How to Make Our Ideas Clear" (1878):

And as has been pointed out to me, there's a typo there: that's Charles
Sanders Peirce (pronounced "purse"), not "Pierce".


On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM Joseph Brenner <doomvox at gmail.com> wrote:

> C.S. Pierce, "How to Make Our Ideas Clear" (1878):
>
>   "A single tone may be prolonged for an hour or a day, and it exists
>   as perfectly in each second of that time as in the whole taken
>   together ...  [Melody] consists in an orderliness in the succession
>   of sounds which strike the ear at different times; and to perceive
>   it there must be some continuity of consciousness which makes the
>   events of a lapse of time present to us.  ...  These two sorts of
>   objects, what we are immediately conscious of and what we are
>   mediately conscious of, are found in all consciousness. Some
>   elements (the sensations) are completely present at every instant so
>   long as they last, while others (like thought) ... consist in a
>   congruence in the succession of sensations which flow through the
>   mind. They cannot be immediately present to us, but must cover some
>   portion of the past or future. Thought is a thread of melody running
>   through the succession of our sensations."
>
> The Raku Study Group
>
> Sunday October 11, 2026  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/89736220418?pwd=175I4uaas9bCMplfGysNbfFJzpcs6k.1
>
> Passcode: 4RakuRoll
>
> Information about upcoming meetings can always be found here:
>
>   https://github.com/doomvox/raku-study/blob/main/README.md
>
>
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