The Perl Toolchain Summit 2025 Needs You

The Perl Toolchain Summit 2025 needs financial support to bring together essential contributors who maintain Perl’s critical infrastructure. Unlike languages backed by large corporations, Perl relies entirely on community support. The summit will focus on revitalizing CPAN Testers and implementing secure authentication for PAUSE uploads, both vital for Perl’s ecosystem security and health. Current sponsors include Booking.com, WebPros, and several others, but more funding is needed to reach the €25,000 target.

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Why Deriv Supports the Perl Ecosystem

Deriv, an online trading company processing millions of transactions daily, continues to support the Perl ecosystem after 25 years of utilizing the language in their operations. Their core systems still run on Perl’s stable architecture, while they actively maintain support for MetaCPAN and CPAN resources that benefit developers worldwide.

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