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Globstar For Perl
Using the double star in file name patterns like assets/**/*.css is second nature to many web developers in the Node.js ecosystem. It is also used by gitignore when evaluating exclusion patterns. The new Perl library File-Globstar brings the same functionality to Perl.
How To Do a Fair Online Raffle?
How can you draw the winner in an online raffle in a fair and reproducible manner? Fair means that all participants have an equal chance of winning. Reproducible in cyberspace means that every participant can generate the same result without being physically present at the draw.