Tag Archives: perl

WampServer vs XAMPP

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Lex

This is not an Earth shattering post. Moreover, it’s not an objective one, that is, it is based on my experience and my experience only. WAMP is a bundle of Apache, MySql, and PHP (though often also Perl and/or Python) … Continue reading →

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Breaking Promises in the Name of Comfort

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Lex

A programming language has a well-defined syntax. There’s often an organization behind establishing standards for that syntax, e.g. C++ Standards Committee. It holds meetings, and I imagine offers lots of free coffee. This morning, in writing a quick Perl script, … Continue reading →

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Perl 6 Release Date

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Lex

Rivaling its infamous vaporware comrade Duke Nukem Forever, Perl 6 has been announced by Perl creator Larry Wall to be out “by Christmas” for over 10 years. If you still had doubts about the existence of Santa Claus, this should … Continue reading →

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Ode to Emacs

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Lex

Source: XKCD’s tribute to emacs In a world of beautiful, powerful IDE‘s for programming in C++, Java, PHP, Perl, LaTeX, etc, I still use Emacs. For those that don’t know, Emacs is a editor which God used to program the Universe. … Continue reading →

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