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Documentation is to be overhauled

by hippo (Bishop)
on May 14, 2021 at 14:30 UTC ( [id://11132595]=perlnews: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

Google is funding an analysis of and action plan for the Perl documentation as part of the project to make Perl 7 more newcomer-friendly. This work is to begin imminently and should be completed by the end of the year.


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Re: Documentation is to be overhauled
by 1nickt (Canon) on May 15, 2021 at 12:47 UTC

    This seems to be fabulous news, not just for the documentation work, but because Google is investing in Perl!


    The way forward always starts with a minimal test.
Re: Documentation is to be overhauled
by thomas895 (Deacon) on May 16, 2021 at 02:42 UTC

    From the Project Proposal:

    The project's goals do not include:
    • Any changes made to the websites or other public resources that host, publish, or otherwise make available Perl's documentation.

    I'm especially happy to see this. I was afraid this was going to be just a "delete the man pages and make a JavaScript-heavy web docs" type of idea, as we see all too often in other spheres

    -Thomas
    "Excuse me for butting in, but I'm interrupt-driven..."

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