Perl turns 30 and its community continues to thrive
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Open Source[^]:
Created for utility and known for its dedicated users, Perl has proven staying power. Here's a brief history of the language and a look at some top user groups.
The traditional gift is pearl (somewhat appropriate)
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Open Source[^]:
Created for utility and known for its dedicated users, Perl has proven staying power. Here's a brief history of the language and a look at some top user groups.
The traditional gift is pearl (somewhat appropriate)
Hmmm, I started using the Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister way back in 1994 on the SCO Unix platform. The syntax was much more C-like back then... but I still needed some support. So naturally I posted on the Perl mailing list to ask a few questions. I never delete any old e-mails which include all of my e-mails from the 1990's... so recently I opened my old Qualcomm Eudora[^] mail client (Yes, it still runs on Windows 10 !) and took a trip down memory lane... and what did I find? I stumbled across my old Perl support correspondence with Larry Wall[^] from the mailing list. Amazing that he took the time to respond to support requests back then. The internet was so much smaller in the late 80's and early 90's. I am no longer writing anything in Perl... and looking at my old code from the 90's I can barely comprehend it. Best Wishes, -David Delaune
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Open Source[^]:
Created for utility and known for its dedicated users, Perl has proven staying power. Here's a brief history of the language and a look at some top user groups.
The traditional gift is pearl (somewhat appropriate)
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Open Source[^]:
Created for utility and known for its dedicated users, Perl has proven staying power. Here's a brief history of the language and a look at some top user groups.
The traditional gift is pearl (somewhat appropriate)
Perl does have it's uses (Lots of useful one liners out there), and its Regex stuff (the core of many one liners) is quite powerful. Other than that, it's a rather bizarre language.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Hmmm, I started using the Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister way back in 1994 on the SCO Unix platform. The syntax was much more C-like back then... but I still needed some support. So naturally I posted on the Perl mailing list to ask a few questions. I never delete any old e-mails which include all of my e-mails from the 1990's... so recently I opened my old Qualcomm Eudora[^] mail client (Yes, it still runs on Windows 10 !) and took a trip down memory lane... and what did I find? I stumbled across my old Perl support correspondence with Larry Wall[^] from the mailing list. Amazing that he took the time to respond to support requests back then. The internet was so much smaller in the late 80's and early 90's. I am no longer writing anything in Perl... and looking at my old code from the 90's I can barely comprehend it. Best Wishes, -David Delaune
