Hi there Last week was occupied with the buzz from The Perl Conference in Riga. It was my second European Perl Conference. If you are regular to such conference then you would certainly know the positive energy that flow during the entire event. However, we all missed, Larry Wall, as he couldn't attend because of health issue. But the organisers came up with sweet idea of sending short message to Larry on the specially designed postcard. We wish Larry get well soon. I noticed unique voting by the attendees to decide the next venue of The European Perl Conference. I didn't see that in Glasgow last year. There were two choices given between Amsterdam and Cyprus. I voted for Cyprus for one reason as I have never been to Cyprus before. But in the end Amsterdam won the contest by 7 votes. So, if everything goes as per the plan, I will certainly be going to Amsterdam and meet the local gang from Booking.com. Last but not the least, there is Swiss Perl Workshop happening August 16-17, 2019 Flörli Olten, Switzerland. Please do attend if you can. Enjoy reading this week newsletter. Mohammad S. Anwar

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announcing Data::Table::Dynamic

LICHTKIND) by Herbert Breunung Another module by Herbert after Math::Matrix. Here he talks about how it all started.

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PerlCon 2019 in Rīga

DOMM) by Thomas Klausner Thomas was the first to publish the report of PerlCon 2019 in Riga. He always does that. It is nice to read how the event went for others.

PerlCon Europe 2019

DAVECROSS) by Dave Cross I always enjoy reading Dave's blog. This one is special for me as he mentioned my name twice in the blog. What an honour for me. I am sure you are going to enjoy his event report.

Events

Swiss Perl Workshop 2019

August 16-17, 2019 Flörli Olten, Switzerland

London Perl Workshop 2019

October 19, 2019. David Game College, 31 Jewry St, London EC3N 2ET

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