Andy Lester @ Grand Rapids Perl Mongers

September 20, 2007 – 10:42 pm

Andy Lester will be making the trip up from Chicago this month for our Grand Rapids Perl Mongers meeting. He will be presenting, “Things you may not know about Perl”, so join us if you can.
Note the time is different than usual: it is going to be Friday evening from 5:30 - 6:30. [...]

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A Perl Monger’s take on Ruby: Conclusion

September 17, 2007 – 10:40 pm

In parts one and two I took a look at the differences and similarities between Ruby and Perl, and I think I owe it to everyone to publish a brief conclusion. My basic feeling is that while Ruby is a fantastic language, the following are a few reasons I won’t be abandoning Perl any [...]

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A Perl Monger’s take on Ruby: Part II

September 17, 2007 – 10:07 pm

In part one I started talking about a few differences between Ruby and Perl. Let’s continue with a few other topics I think are key to understanding both of these languages.
Object-Oriented programming
Most everyone these days does it, though some will argue what “it” really is. There are clear benefits, regardless of the specifics [...]

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Buzz Watch: Perl vs. Ruby

September 11, 2007 – 12:12 pm

I found this charting tool on Technorati today and thought it was an interesting way to quantify the buzz surrounding different keywords. For fun I’ve included a few charts here, comparing Perl and Ruby. It will be interesting to see how these change over time.
Blog posts in English per day over the past [...]

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Jonathan Rockway + Catalyst @ GRPM

September 8, 2007 – 10:27 pm

We had the distinct pleasure this past Friday at our monthly Perl Mongers meeting of having Jonathan Rockway present an introduction to the Catalyst web application framework. It was great to have one of our neighbors from the windy city make the journey up to Grand Rapids — many thanks, Jonathan.
For those who haven’t [...]

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