"Conceptual integrity is *the* most important consideration in system design." -- Frederick Brooks, 1975
"... I combined these cool features in a way that makes sense to me as a postmodern linguist, not in a way that makes sense to the typical Modernistic computer scientist. Recall that the essence of Modernism is to take one cool idea and drive it into the ground. It’s not difficult to look at computer languages and see which ones are trying to be modern by driving something into the ground." -- Larry Wall, March 9, 1999 at LinuxWorld The Raku Study Group July 28, 2024 1pm in California, 8pm in the UK An informal meeting: drop by when you can, show us what you've got, ask and answer questions, or just listen and lurk. Perl and programming in general are fair game, along with Raku, Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83865325929?pwd=rLGjPTdGRR8McaQvEn1i4dcwgjCdaC.1 Passcode: 4RakuRoll RSVPs are useful, though not needed: https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-perl/events/302462776/