Author Archives: jnthnwrthngtn

So, YAPC has come, been great, gone and been recovered from, I’m done with my summer visiting, the $dayjob speaking trip has taken place, I’ve shaken off the obligatory start of autumn cold and it’s time to get back to … Continue reading →

I had a wonderful time at YAPC::EU in Riga this year. Riga is a very beautiful city – there’s many nice things to look at, not to mention the excellent food and a wide range of beer at sensible prices. … Continue reading →

After a few patches to deal with some meta-circularity issues, I’ve got to the point where I have at least a very basic example of a custom meta-class working in the nom branch of Rakudo. All this does is print … Continue reading →

It’s been an interesting month. I started it over in Beijing, for the Beijing Perl Workshop. It’s the first Perl event that I’d been to in China, and it was a great experience. People were very friendly and welcoming, the … Continue reading →

I was gearing up to blog a bit about the progress we’re making on the nom branch of Rakudo, when pmichaud++ swooped in with a great post about that. It nicely captures how much we’re getting done putting Rakudo back … Continue reading →

Here in Sweden they have these things called “red days”. They’re basically days off, and June has a load of them. When I first heard the term, I wondered if it was some socialist connection, but got the much more … Continue reading →

OK, so let me get the obligatory meme out of the way first: “In Soviet Russia, the YAPC enjoys you!” Well, I hope that my talks were enjoyed anyway. :-) Despite having been at every Perl Mova event in Ukraine … Continue reading →

Recently I finished up the long-running compile time meta-object branch in NQP, and got the final installation issues sorted out (there were issues having it and nqp-rx installed, which are now resolved). Many thanks go to moritz++ for various contributions … Continue reading →

First of all, I’m sorry that it’s been so long since I posted here. I’m happy to say that my NQP and Perl 6 involvement has been much higher than my post rate here. In fact, I managed to make … Continue reading →

I’m steadily plodding along with the NQP and Rakudo refactors. Things have slowed down a little since I last posted here, in part because work involved quite a bit of travel for a couple of weeks in a row, but … Continue reading →