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Bradley Kuhn weighs in on Perl community discussion

Original: @ traecer That's fascinating to learn because I have a latent set of skills (due to my Master's thesis work) that (shoul

Software freedom advocate Bradley Kuhn, of copyleft.org, joined a conversation about Perl development, noting that skills from his Master's thesis work could let him contribute usefully to a hobby project with minimal getting-started effort. He asked whether this work is happening within the existing Perl 5 ecosystem. The exchange highlights ongoing chatter about how newcomers with latent expertise can plug into Perl's codebase.

Why now: Kuhn's public interest in contributing to Perl is drawing attention amid ongoing discussion about the Perl 5 project

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• @ traecer That's fascinating to learn because I have a latent set of skills (due to my Master's thesis work) that (should I ever get time for a hobby project), that I could actually contribute usefully with minimal “get started” effort. Is this happening in the existing Perl 5… · bkuhn@copyleft.org · 4

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