jonathansizz

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by jonathansizz 15y ago
Once something reaches a level of maturity that approximates perfection, any significant changes to it will clearly make the thing worse. This isn't a problem if you have the discipline to simply not make changes, but unfortunately this is
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by jonathansizz 16y ago
Oh, at the very least ! Then the module author should prostrate himself at the feet of the all-mighty Python community, trembling in unreserved awe whilst acknowledging that the world quite deservedly revolves around them ! Module authors
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by jonathansizz 16y ago
Actually, PC-BSD is not at all behind FreeBSD these days: PC-BSD 8.2 was also released today.
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by jonathansizz 16y ago
For stuff like string handling, text processing and even variable interpolation, Perl blows Python and Ruby out of the water (and despite criticizing Perl's regex, Python ended up copying it almost identically). Much of this power stems fro
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by jonathansizz 16y ago
And I'd like to see 1] Larry et al. publish the first edition of 'Programming Perl 6' and 2] something analogous to the CPAN for Perl 6. Then I'll jump right in!
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by jonathansizz 16y ago
I agree with you on that point.
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by jonathansizz 16y ago
This article is actually quite revealing. The modern Perl movement clearly passed this guy by; this is clear from several statements in the article, beginning with his second sentence. Perl is just seen as it was ten years ago. So the chall
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by jonathansizz 17y ago
In case you don't know about it, print this out: http://www.viemu.com/vi-vim-cheat-sheet.gif
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by jonathansizz 17y ago
I have a very basic Facebook page, with just enough personal information so that people I've lost contact with over the years can find me if they wish to. But I prefer to keep up with friends and family either in person, or via phone or ema
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by jonathansizz 17y ago
The article points this out. But it also points out (using the Ubuntu release notes) that there are quite a few regressions as well. In other words, there is a lack of professionalism and polish associated with Ubuntu releases. Maybe they'r
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by jonathansizz 17y ago
Let's see the 'decline' in Perl jobs over the last five years: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=perl%2C+php%2C+python%2C+r...
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by jonathansizz 17y ago
How long does it take to learn R compared to (for example) Perl?
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by jonathansizz 17y ago
I didn't say it's not possible to write bad code in other languages. I was refering to 'there's more than one way to do it', which allows more freedom to screw up. I think there's a reason that Perl is still the number one scripting languag
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by jonathansizz 17y ago
The fact that Perl is so unfashionable and yet still far more prevalent than the trendy Ruby and Python (which are also good languages - I am no partisan) should tell you that it is not a bad language. I does however enable bad programming
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by jonathansizz 17y ago
This book appears to be pretty poor: their main argument is that we need more PR people to 'inform' the public about science. Given that ridiculously exaggerated press releases, written by PR people - which become the basis for overblown me