News about the Raku® Programming Language on Rakudo™
Dan Kogai‘s contributions to Raku have not been many but were valued very much. After 10 years they returned and provided some nice additions to the Raku programming Language: first of all, support for hex-floats (floating point values expressed in hexadecimal format, optionally without loss of precision). So now you can say 0x1.5p+5 to get […]
Which programming language should you learn? Tim Nelson has the answer! Raku is the Language Best Suited to be your Forever Language Tim Nelson makes the case for using the Raku Programming Language in a blog post titled “Raku: Your Forever Language“. And yours truly couldn’t agree more! Anton’s Corner Anton Antonov wrote a blog […]
After having done the Rakudo Weekly for a year, Steve Roe indicated that they needed a break from doing the Rakudo Weekly, and from Raku more generally. I would like to thank Steve for their work on the Rakudo Weekly and the Raku Advent Calendar, for the (re-)design of the raku.org and raku.foundation websites, and […]
The Raku Foundation Anyone with an active interest in the success of Raku is welcome to Register their interest in membership of The Raku Foundation community – details of participation are being thrashed out by the newly appointed Executive Board and will be communicated in due course. [If you are reading the weekly, then this […]
The Raku Foundation Anyone with an active interest in the success of Raku is welcome to Register their interest in membership of The Raku Foundation community – details of participation are being thrashed out by the newly appointed Executive Board and will be communicated in due course. Rakudo Release #194 Announcement New in 2026.06: On […]
Image: Het Torentje van Drienerlo (the ‘Little Tower of Drienerlo’) a 1979 artwork by Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Netherlands license. The Perl and Raku Conference TPRC is happening very soon! If you haven’t registered, it’s not too late! We’d still love to see you […]
Today, Elizabeth Mattijsen announced the formation of The Raku Foundation in a blog post A Year Later: a TRF! Please Register Your Interest It is going to take a little time for the Executive Board to put in place the registration of Raku community members and procedures consistent with the legal requirements in the Netherlands […]
Featured image attribution: “1967–popular science autogyro” by James Vaughan, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 TPRC It is just over 12 days before the start of The Perl and Raku Conference 2026 in Greenville, SC, USA. See https://tprc.us for details. Weekly Challenge Weekly Challenge #377 is available for your scrutiny. Liz’s Corner Elizabeth Mattijsen has raised the issue […]
TPRC It is just over 20 days before the start of The Perl and Raku Conference 2026 in Greenville, SC, USA. The Perl and Raku Conference or TPRC (formerly known as YAPC::NA) is a high-quality, inexpensive technical conference with its roots in the Perl Mongers user groups. The conference celebrates the Perl and Raku programming […]
TPRC Early Bird is Expiring It is just over 30 days before the start of The Perl and Raku Conference 2026 in Greenville, SC, USA. Even if you are a procrastinator, it’s time to make your plans to attend! Early bird pricing for registration will end on May 28. Special conference pricing for our block […]