archives

FAQ 1.9 How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX, Scheme, or Tcl?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq1.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

ACID vs BASE

LewisC's An Expert's Guide To Oracle Technology I'm just thinking out loud here. If you don't like technical ramblings, don't continue reading. Ok, we all know what ACID is right? In databases I mean, not at woodstock. ;-) Don't take the brown ACID!

  • Atomicity - all parts of a transaction

FAQ 2.6 What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN? What does CPAN/src/... mean?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq2.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

FAQ 1.10 Can I do [task] in Perl?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq1.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

Apparent bug in Perl 5.10 regexes w. UTF-8 expression

I've found a place where Perl seems to behave differently depending on whether something is marked as UTF-8 or not, regardless of the fact that it is just ASCII. In the following code snippet, use strict; use Encode 'decode'; use Lingua::JA::FindDates 'subsjdate'; binmode STDERR,"utf8"; binmode STDOUT,"utf8";

Today's quote: "I still have no earthly clue why otherwise smart people confuse application changes with platform changes"

A post from Friday's MAINFRAME blog may have a quote that should become a mainframer's battle cry!!!!

Q and A - Digital Life

Q and A Digital Life, Australia - 10 hours ago Is there a simple program for resizing or file conversion ? A Windows Media Encoder and VirtualDub should do the trick.

FAQ 2.4 I copied the perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts don't work.

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq2.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

Find out the easiest way to - Summit Daily News

Find out the easiest way to Summit Daily News, CO - Jul 13, 2008 Zamzar is a super-simple, free online conversion tool.

Odd error message on open()-ing scalar ref

Hi all, Consider this snippet: #!perl.exe -w use strict; my $f = 'abc'; my $fref = \$f; my $fh; warn "(0) $!" if $!; open ($fh, '<', $fref) die $! warn "(1) $!" if $!; print "\n", <$fh>; seek ($fh, 1, 0) die $!;

COSTLY CONVERSION - Lismore Northern Star

COSTLY CONVERSION Lismore Northern Star, Australia - 4 hours ago A file photo of Brenton Cochrane scoring for Ballina in an NRRRL game against Mullumbimby last year.