Re: [getting PAUSE account]

On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 5:07 AM Maxim Abalenkov <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello Mike et al.,
>
> How are you? Thank you for your reply. I mainly want the PAUSE account to
> practice writing modules and hopefully develop my own to process files and
> directories. It’s not that I have my Perl code ready to go, but it’s a
> little sad that it takes ‘up to three weeks’ to get a PAUSE account. I love
> the beauty and elegance of Perl, but we as a community have to respond to
> such basic requests much faster. Now I see one of the reasons Perl lost to
> Python.
>
> William,
>
> Take the initiative in your own hands. What I do is I try to use Perl as
> an auxiliary language to perform additional programming tasks like
> launching computing jobs on a supercomputer, pre-processing or
> post-processing files and updating my MacPorts system. You will soon
> realise that there are plenty of such tasks.
>
> Thank you and have a healthy, successful and productive New Year 2024
> ahead!
>
> —
> Best wishes,
> Maxim
>
> Maxim Abalenkov \\ [email protected]
> +44 7 486 486 505 \\ www.maxim.abalenkov.uk
>
> On 25 Dec 2023, at 18:00, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Great question.  I think I did see that Pause accounts
> were going away soon, but I'm not sure that has taken
> place yet.  I just signed into my Pause account and I
> don't see anything about them being retired.
>
> This 3 year old post says it takes a bit of time:
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/perl/comments/l1n0q2/questions_about_pause_account/?rdt=41813
>
> Do you plan to create a module for CPAN?  I'm just
> wondering.  Perl is still going strong, though you
> might not think so from what you see.  I use it
> all day - every day.
>
>
> Mike
> Houston, TX
>
>
> On 12/23/23 10:01, Maxim Abalenkov wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> How are you? I hope all is well with you. I’m reading the ‘Intermediate
> Perl’ textbook. It suggests applying for a PAUSE account. I applied a
> couple of days ago using the link listed in the book. However, I still
> haven’t received any reply. Am I doing something wrong? Shall I be more
> patient or is the advice in the book no longer relevant? Please let me
> know. Thank you and have a good day ahead!
>
> --
> Best wishes,
> Maxim
>
> Maxim Abalenkov \\ [email protected]
> +44 7 486 486 505 \\ www.maxim.abalenkov.uk
>
>
>
>
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With kindest regards, William.

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