Perl, also Practical Extraction and Report Language (a backronym, see below) is a dynamic procedural programming language designed by Larry Wall and first released in 1987. Perl borrows features from C, shell scripting (sh), AWK, sed, Lisp, and, to a lesser extent, many other programming languages.
Gartner Revises Server Share Numbers Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:43:24 -0400
Gartner revised its first quarter numbers and found that IBM actually beat out Hewlett-Packard in server revenue.... Who Is Running The Most Secure Browser? Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:03:13 -0400
Many users are undoubtedly not updating their browsers as quickly as they should, but you can't conclude any specifics about that from the recent study of Google logs.... DOJ Sued Over Cell Phone Tracking Practices Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:08:34 -0400
Civil liberties groups claim the Justice Department is bypassing warrants to obtain real-time tracking information on U.S. citizens.... Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Strikes Back Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:03:53 -0400
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 security builds on the Phishing Filter of IE 7 and thwarts cross-site scripting.... IBM Helps Link POS to the Back Office Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:50:30 -0400
IBM and Epicor jointly release an offering that centrally manages and supports POS....
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Strike slows downtown construction projects Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:39:21 -0700 A strike has shut down or slowed work at some of the Seattle area's largest construction projects. Investors sweeten Puget Sound Energy sale for public Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:57:36 -0700 Backers of a sale of the state's largest utility company, Puget Energy, offered Wednesday to sweeten the proposed deal for consumers by taking $100 million off any potential rate increases over the next 10 years. Employers cut jobs for sixth straight month Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:50:59 -0700 Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy's fragile state. The unemployment rate held...
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Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:38:40 -0000 The order raised concerns that the online video viewing habits of tens of millions of people could be exposed.
Bits: Justice Looks Further at Google-Yahoo Deal Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:04:14 -0000 The Justice Department’s antitrust division has begun issuing subpoenas as it probes further into whether a planned Google-Yahoo partnership in search advertising is anticompetitive.
Bits: What Is Facebook Worth? (Part 37) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:12:43 -0000 A document in the settled Facebook ConnectU litigation reveals that Facebook’s common shares are worth a quarter of the value of the stock Microsoft purchased when it invested in the social network.
Twitter, What Are You Doing? Co-Founder Tells All Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:51:00 -0400 Twitter.com has so many new users that the Web site keeps crashing. Meanwhile, Twitter engineers are taking popular features away for retooling. It's a painful process, but co-founder Biz Stone has a plan. Young Moroccans Bypass Mainstream Media Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:00 -0400 When protesters in southern Morocco clashed with security forces, there was very little coverage from state-run television stations. But amateur video posted on YouTube showed what the official media would not. Young Moroccans say the Web is leaving traditional media behind. Would a Ban on Car Conversation Be More Effective? Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0400 California and Washington join the long list of states to ban handheld cell phone use while driving. It's the conversation, not the phone, that's distracting, research says. Do these laws really make our roads safer?
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Google must divulge YouTube log Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:53 -0000 Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched avideo on YouTube, says a US court. Warning letters to 'file-sharers' Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:41:04 -0000 The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters. Firefox download record official Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:28:35 -0000 The creators of Firefox 3.0 celebrate the news they have set a new world record for software downloads.
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Robo barman pulls first pint Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:03:25 -0400 Jul. 3 - Billed as the world's first robot barman, Mr Asahi pulls the crowds at London's Selfridges department store.
Tongue device to aid disabled Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:45:45 -0400 Jun. 30 - A new device that uses a tiny magnet can help disabled people steer a wheelchair or operate a computer using only the tip of the tongue.
MSN portal goes 'social' Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:10:23 -0400 Jun. 30 - Microsoft is announcing new services intended to reflect the social phenomenon taking place on the internet.
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Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs By ANICK JESDANUN Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:57:36 -0000 NEW YORK (AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.... Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:57:41 -0000 NEW YORK (AP) -- This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.... Police wnt u to fight crime w/txt msgs By MITCH STACY Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:35:43 -0000 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Police in the 1970s urged citizens to "drop a dime" in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs - to identify criminals using text messages....
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EA debuts new family, sports games for Wii, PlayStation Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:32:00 -0700 After its pairing with board game maker Hasbro, EA shows off its new family-oriented games and an "All-Play" series for Wii. Video: Latest in Viacom-Google lawsuit raises questions Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:48:00 -0700 News.com's Dan Farber tells what's at stake for users' privacy as a result of a federal judge's ruling that Google must turn data over to Viacom. Researcher faults Apple iPhone on security updates Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:22:00 -0700 He says iPhone, still at version 1.1.4, is at least four months behind desktop OS in patching many known Mac OS X security vulnerabilities.
Perl.com - News site run by O'Reilly. Contains documentation, weekly articles, Perl development summaries, blogs, and links to a variety of resources.
Meta Description: [ The official Perl home page, run by O'Reilly Media, Inc. Contains documentation, news, and links to a variety of resources, including the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, OSCON. ]
Perl.org - Run by the Perl Foundation with the aim of being the central directory of all things Perl. Lists news, applications, documentations, communities, and events. Also hosts various Perl projects, including the Perl core, and many mailing lists.
Meta Description: [ The Perl Directory at perl.org. Links and other helpful resources for new and experienced Perl programmers. ]
500CodeHound Perl - Free Internet search engine for Perl developers. Search Web sites, CPAN, and even inside Zip/Tar/GZip files.
CPAN - The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, the gateway to all things Perl. The canonical location for Perl code and modules.
dev.perl.org - Perl 6 - The official site for the development of Perl 6, the next generation of the Perl programming language.
O'Reilly Perl Center - Current and past products, resources, and news on O'Reilly and Associate's Perl involvement.
Meta Description: [ O'Reilly is a leader in technical and computer book documentation for Perl. ]
Perl Apprenticeship Site - Service that aims to connect people with lots of skill and experience, but little time, with people who have a desire to learn and free time, but not as much experience.
Perl for Robot AI Minds - Artificial intelligence in Perl.
Meta Description: [ Using the AI4U textbook to create artificial Minds in Perl for robots. ]
Perl Monks - Contains tutorials, discussion forums, Perl poetry, obfuscated code, and a large code repository.
Meta Description: [ A community committed to sharing Perl
knowledge and coding tips. The site
contains questions and answers, useful
snippets, and a library of code. ]
Perl Paraphernalia - By Mark-Jason Dominus, author of the Higher Order Perl book. Hints, articles, Perl modules, programs.
Pugs - An implementation of Perl 6, written in Haskell. It aims to implement the full Perl6 specification.
SpyderScripts - Сollection of ad-free Perl scripts, tutorials, classes and custom programming.
Meta Description: [ The web's largest collection of ad-free Perl and CGI scripts. Also offering Perl and CGI tutorials, classes and custom programming. ]
The Perl Foundation - Dedicated to the advancement of Perl through discussion, collaboration, design, and code. Coordinates perl.org, Perl Monks, Perl Mongers, and Yet Another Perl Conference; holds the copyrights on Perl and Parrot, and funds Perl development projects.
The Perl Geek Code - A variation of the geek code, specifically adapted for perl hackers.
use Perl - General discussion of perl and issues relating to it, Perl news.
use Perl - All the Perl that's Practical to Extract and Report.
17 of the Perl Tutorial shows how to reverse the key/value pairs of a hash, sort hashes and merge hashes. ... programming ...