(11-17 October 1999) -> Introduction New Development Release 5.005_62 Unicode Character Classes Module Bundling and the proposed import pragma use fields allows overlapping member names PREPARE functions and my Class $foo declarations goto Out of Conditional Bug Regex Range Bug…
(18-24 October 1999) -> $^O STOP blocks and the broken compiler Blank lines in POD PERL_HEADER environment variable Out of date modules in Perl distribution Enhanced UNIVERSAL::isa sort improvements glob case-sensitivity reftype function New perlthread man page Win32 and fork()…
Table of Contents Essential Perl/Tk Programming A Graphic Authorizing Example TK Overview A Pay Calculator Example Creating A Window Adding A Menubar Adding Choices To A Menubar More Menubar Choices …
Overview August 21 - 24, 1999 My main reason for attending the Open Source Conference is to observe Open Source developments and to gather business intelligence for Chevron. I learned Python. I also concentrated on understanding the business case…
Introduction One of the more interesting talks at the O’Reilly 1999 Open Source Convention was by Chip Salzenberg, one of the core developers of Perl. He described his work on Topaz, a new effort to completely re-write the internals…
Introduction Damian Conway is the author of the newly released Object Oriented Perl, the first of a new series of Perl books from Manning. Object-oriented programming in Perl is easy. Forget the heavy theory and the sesquipedalian jargon: classes…
The Perl Conference brought us the first “White Camel” awards. The White Camel Awards were created to honor individuals who devote remarkable creativity, energy, and time to the non-technical work that supports Perl’s active and loyal user community. The…
This talk was delivered by Larry Wall on August 23, 1999 at the Perl Conference 3.0 in Monterey, CA. (Note: most of the pictures this year were images of molecules that I animated using a program called RasMol, along…
I’d like to welcome you to this new edition of www.perl.com and tell you about some of the changes we made to the site. Easier Navigation We simplified the navigation menu so that it’s easy to find the site’s…
Yet Another Perl Conference, also known as YAPC, wasn’t just another conference, it was incredible. Kevin Lenzo YAPC was thought up and coordinated by Kevin Lenzo of Carnegie Mellon University. The idea was to have a "grass roots" Perl…
Coming soon - our nomination form for the first White Camel Awards. Let us know who you think has made outstanding contributions to Perl Advocacy, Perl User Groups, and the Perl Community. The White Camel awards will be presented…
If the good news is that the world’s largest software company has recognized the value of Perl and they are willing to fund new Perl development, then you know the bad news. Microsoft has entered into a three-year agreement…
Perl, the first postmodern computer language The following is the text of Larry Wall’s talk at Linux World on Wednesday, March 3. He explains why Perl is a fitting language for the postmodern era. As a member of the audience…
Lawyers, Liars, and Perl As the clock draws us relentlessly closer toward 2000, the final year of the second millennium, doom sayers everywhere are prophesying unprecedented computer failure in every conceivable sector. Known popularly as the Year 2000 Problem,…
Creating a Task Tracking System For $0 in Licensing Fees, Hardware, and Software Costs CONEXANT (formerly Rockwell Semiconductor Systems) Supply Chain Management Planning and Execution Systems needed a way to keep track of in-house tasks. When associate departments requested…
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