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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">[cross-posted from</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://ldami.blogspot.com/2010/08/platforms-20102011-call-for-perl-teams.html"><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://ldami.blogspot.com/2010/08/platforms-20102011-call-for-perl-teams.html</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> ]</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Hi Catalysters,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">A new edition of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the Plat_Forms</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> programming contest</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> is going to take place in end 2010 or beginning of 2011 : see</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.plat-forms.org/2010/plat-forms-in-2010"><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://www.plat-forms.org/2010/plat-forms-in-2010</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> .</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> </SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The first edition took place in 2007 and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">our Geneva team on Catalyst was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">winner of the Perl track (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"></SPAN><A HREF="http://use.perl.org/~dami/journal/33559"><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://use.perl.org/~dami/journal/33559</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> ).</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Unfortunately we will not be able to participate</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> again this time</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">; but I wish that another Catalyst team will be present.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Reports from that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> contest</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">got</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">significant</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> coverage in specialised press</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">, an</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d can</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">play an important role in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">propagating a positive image of Perl.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">See for example the August</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> 2010</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> issue of the prestigious "Communications of ACM" (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"></SPAN><A HREF="http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2010/8/96637-platforms-is-there-one-best-web-development-technology/abstract"><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2010/8/96637-platforms-is-there-one-best-web-development-technology/abstract</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">, full text available at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/prechelt/Biblio/platforms07-cacm-2010.pdf"><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/prechelt/Biblio/platforms07-cacm-2010.pdf</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> ); the conclusion reads :</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Is Perl outdated? No. In contrast, the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">small size of the solutions and their good modifiability suggest that Perl may be a particularly strong platform with respect to maintainability.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">So, Perl</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">programmers, please</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">build up teams to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">participate</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">in the 2010/2011 edition</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ch"></SPAN></P>
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