First, the meeting:

I arrived a bit late but hadn't missed much. Gabor was in the middle of explaining the benefits of getting Perl on Android. He went over a lot of API examples, showing code and explaining and doing a damn goo job at it!

After that, I tried to explain how to install the Android emulator on a Linux machine, configure it and run it. My slides weren't displaying properly on the projector so it was annoying to explain and probably harder to understand.

Then Shmuel went over perl512delta and explained to us the bigger differences and their implications. He said "... because someone had to do it" - and I'm happy someone did.

Regarding more Perl on Android:

I've created a github repo for Android Perl scripts in which Gabor and I will be able to go over the API calls, prove what works, what doesn't, discover bugs, fix stuff and even write up examples that hopefully will be merged back into ASE (Android Scripting Environment) - the component that allows Perl to run on Android. You're all welcome to help with that!

I've ported test.py - a script that tests the Android Python support - to test.pl.

Using those tests, I've discovered at least one bug in Android.pm (the module with which you access Android) - fixed here.

Also, using the test I've discovered two more issues, which I've written down here.

Tomorrow I'll be opening tickets with ASE for all of these issues. Once they are solved, I could work on adding test.pl along with Try::Tiny (which it depends on) to ASE sample Perl scripts.

What we still need are more examples which will also uncover more bugs. So.... either with ideas or with actions - care to help?