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Perl Connects To Gene Expression Studies
[2010-03-02] The dynamic programming language everyone knows and loves may play an important role in understanding how human beings - and/or all other sorts of species - work. Perl, it turns out, is being used to help people gather better data from gene expression studies.
Demand For Perl Programmers On The Rise
[2010-02-16] Relative to several other programming languages, Perl just might be growing more important. An analysis of hiring trends has determined that there's starting to be a greater demand for Perl experts in the workplace.
Leading Perl Development Companies Named
[2010-02-05] Different individuals may react to this list of businesses in different ways, perhaps sending congratulatory notes or their resumes, choosing to study it, or just attaching it to a dartboard. But regardless, bestwebdesignagencies.com has named what it believes to be the 10 best Perl development companies.
Microsoft Angers CPAN Testers
[2010-01-19] Apple lovers, rejoice; Microsoft's standing with the overall Perl community took a serious turn for the worse last week. Indeed, while it might not be wise to speculate about motives (this could've been an accident), Microsoft effectively assaulted the CPAN Testers Reports site, and people aren't amused.
The 13th Month
[2010-01-05] It's the beginning of a new year and a headache for many businesses. This is the time of the year when many customers are not accustomed to putting the new year down or what one of my college professors would call, the 13th month.
Perl 5.11.2 Lands
[2009-12-08] Another month's passed, and there are still more signs of progress in the march towards a stable release of Perl 5.12.0 as Perl 5.11.2 has become available. It counts as the third development release in the 5.11.x series.
Formatting your Perl code
[2009-11-24] I have worked with many programmers working with many different languages, so I am used to seeing code formatted different ways. The problem I run into and more often than I should, is when someone has a long program written to the left margin or improper formatting.
Perl - The Most Popular Language No One is Talking About
[2009-11-10] Even though PHP and ASP are the two new languages that have all the buzz currently, Perl is still a major player. It allows for faster loading websites and little overhead. It shouldn't be surprising, but Perl runs some of the biggest websites on the Internet such as Amazon, IMDB, Slashdot, and many more.
Perl 5.11.1 Enters The Scene
[2009-10-27] The march of progress continued last week with the release of Perl 5.11.1. This release - which, it should stressed, is a development release - incorporates some significant changes, and Perl programmers have been encouraged to give the whole thing a test drive when possible.
Perl 5.11.0 Released
[2009-10-13] Perl 5.11.0 - which has been labeled "the result of over two years of development by a global community of developers" - is now available to everyone. It was released not long ago, and a plan regarding future releases has been announced, too.
Perl Packaging Discussed, Altered
[2009-09-29] A new argument relating to the definition of Perl has arisen, and, perhaps surprisingly, the involved parties didn't arrive at some sort of impasse (even one of the casual "you say tomay-to, I say say tomah-to" variety). Instead, the subpackages in the Fedora 13 (and RHEL 6) release timelines are due for a reworking.
Three Cheers For Two-Day Perl Conference In Italy
[2009-09-08] Italy is one of those places that almost everyone wants to visit. It's hard to just drop everything and fly to another country for the heck of it, however, so if you're in need of an excuse, the fifth edition of the Italian Perl Workshop may provide exactly that.
Perl on the Command Line
[2009-08-18] One of the beautiful uses of Perl is to do quick and dirty string manipulations on the command line. In a Unix environment this is especially nice as the output of one command can be piped into Perl for manipulation.
Test Environment For Perl Opens
[2009-07-28] Perl programmers, get ready - at least in a figurative sense - to break out your beakers and put on your rubber gloves, aprons, and goggles. The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) Testing Laboratory is good to go.
Rakudo Brings Perl 6 Closer Still
[2009-07-07] An implementation of Perl 6 on the Parrot Virtual Machine is moving forward. A fresh report indicates that Rakudo is "ready for experimentation," which is a positive development that many people might not have thought would come.
Common Perl Criticisms Addressed
[2009-06-10] Most people know how to defend their favorite things. If you call BMWs unreliable, owners will gush about the driving experience. Say chocolate's fattening, and someone may quote studies about its positive effects on the heart. So here are a few reasons (and the main counterpoints) why some folks dislike Perl.
Iron Man Perl Blogging Challenge Begins
[2009-05-15] Type the term "Perl" into the Google Blog Search engine, and the odds seems good that you'll find the results a little disappointing. Perl just isn't discussed too much, which for Perl programmers, can be a shame. So a new contest called the Iron Man Perl Blogging Challenge aims to fix the problem.
Old-Fashioned Versus Newfangled Approaches To Perl
[2009-04-17] In many areas of life, there are distinct groups of people weighing tradition against innovation. Perl professionals sometimes split themselves along the same line, too, and one expert recently explored the relative merits of each side.
Apple Apologizes For Perl Snafu
[2009-04-03] Not long ago, we reported that a Mac OS X security update had affected some Perl scripts in an adverse way. Now, an Apple programmer has stepped forward to say "sorry" for the problem and talk about causes and resolutions.
Yet Another Perl Conference Details Released
[2009-03-17] Perl professionals who haven't already packed the June sections of their calendars full of activities might want to pay attention. More details concerning the Yet Another Perl Conference have been announced, and it's shaping up to be a really nice shindig.
Mac OS X Update Causes Perl Complications
[2009-02-27] Apple computers are extremely popular in some corners, and you won't find anything approaching an anti-Cupertino rant in this article. Just the same, Macs are known for having compatibility problems (try seeing how a hardcore gamer reacts to the suggestion he use one), and the latest Mac OS X security update can essentially break Perl.
TIOBE Index Puts Pearl In Eighth Place
[2009-02-03] The TIOBE Programming Community index for January 2009 has been released, and Perl fans should find the news to be mostly good. Perl remains among the top 10 programming languages, and its status "A" makes Perl officially part of the mainstream.
Perl News Now Way More Likely To Make Headlines
[2009-01-11] Some people would have you believe that achieving something is its own reward, with or without wider recognition. But we all understand that publicity can be nice (companies spend millions of dollars chasing it, after all), and members of the Perl community can now proudly know that their programming language is getting mentioned in widespread press releases.
Using Perl to Count Letter Occurrence in a Document
[2008-12-02] Hey I want a Perl script that reads a file and sends me the number of occurrences of the alphabets in that file... Could you please help me?
Perl 6 Progress Discussed
[2008-11-04] You may want to pull together some philosophy textbooks and a dictionary; all of them seem like useful resources in a new debate on whether or not Perl 6 is vaporware. Still, regardless of how you define Perl 6's existence, some interesting tidbits concerning its development were mentioned.
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