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Perl community veterans reminisce about YAPC conference days

Original: @ gwadej I did not go to the YAPC::NA that was in Houston. ISTR my last YAPC was in 2002, maybe? # Perl will always be s

Software freedom activist and copyleft.org contributor Bradley Kuhn recalled on Mastodon that his last YAPC::NA conference attendance was around 2002, skipping the edition held in Houston. Reflecting on two decades of the Perl community, he said Perl will always be special to him as a FOSS activist, noting the 1992–2002 Perl community had serious toxicity problems but taught him valuable lessons.

Why now: Nostalgia and reflection on Perl's history are circulating among veteran open-source developers.

Bradley KuhnPerlYAPC::NAcopyleft.org

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• @ gwadej I did not go to the YAPC::NA that was in Houston. ISTR my last YAPC was in 2002, maybe? # Perl will always be special to me as a FOSS activist because — while the 1992–2002 Perl community *definitely* had serious toxicity problems — I learned there what # FOSS… · bkuhn@copyleft.org · 5

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