It’s been awfully quiet on this front lately, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been idle. On the contrary, I’ve got some interesting things coming up and I’m going to try, really try, to do better at sharing what I’ve been working on and learning about. What can you expect? How about a few examples:
Drawing graphs [...]
I hear people mummbling a lot about whether or not Perl is dying, but I think a better question is, “Is Perl perceived as old and crufty?”. I think the answer is related to the perception that Perl is dying and I think there may be something the Perl community can do about it.
First, let [...]
Have you ever wondered what it is you’re doing when you write object-oriented Perl? What is the @ISA array for, and what on earth does bless do? About a week ago I was sitting at BW3 with several members of the Grand Rapids Java Users Group who had those same questions. Read [...]
I haven’t been paying a lot of attention to the development of core Perl lately, but a few headlines caught my attention this week and I decided to do some catching up. Per Perl Buzz, Perl 5.10’s first release candidate is coming soon. This will be the first feature release of Perl since [...]
Because I am the vice president of our local Grand Rapids Perl Mongers group and also because I believe that participation in local user groups is extremely valuable, I was curious to see what the Perl Survey 2007 data would show with regard to user involvement in Perl Mongers user groups across the United States. [...]