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bloblaw
14y ago
On the face of it this sounds like a good idea, but I see some problems. For example, this presumes that others can understand the value of my contributions. If I can accomplish something in 2 hours that takes someone else 16 hours....I cou
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bloblaw
14y ago
This sounds wrong...so I thought I'd see what Notepad++ has built into its syntax highlighting lexer (langs.model.xml): * ~ 35, Python * ~ 53, Java * ~ 59, Ruby * ~189, Bash * ~253, Perl <===== * ~928, PHP Perl has
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bloblaw
14y ago
Yes, I use it for new projects because it is: * extremely stable * CPAN, a huge collection of community provided modules * great modern OOP based web frameworks (Mojolicious, Dancer, Catalyst) * very strong Windows scripting support (WMI, W
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bloblaw
14y ago
The open-source visual IDE written in Perl, called Padre, has an excellent integrated debugger. http://padre.perlide.org/ . With the latest version of Padre, I find debugging Perl scripts to be as easy as C#. Or you can use the commercial
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bloblaw
15y ago
This is a great resource and has reminded me that the Perl community is active, and continues to be innovative!
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bloblaw
15y ago
This looks like a good introduction to the core of Perl programming, however I would recommend "Modern Perl" by Chromatic. It's free (and legal) for the PDF version. Why do I recommend "Modern Perl" instead? Because it: (1) contains new la
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15y ago
The current state of Delphi is very good. I picked it up about 6 years ago, and it's a wonderful language to use for native Windows development. They just released cross-platform compilation for native OS X GUI and console applications, h