Posts Tagged with 'perl'

Think writing a compiler is difficult? It is—unless you use Parrot, a complete compiler construction kit. With Parrot, crafting a new programming language is as easy as authoring a new website.

A walkthrus of the basics: making connections, creating and modifying entries, and searching.

Like Barman, Perl has its own" utility belts", namely Scalar::Util and List::Util. Here's a look at what each gizmo can do.

The Moose object system enforces type, validates values, and coerces parameters to be the correct type.

Implement a nifty progress bar with a handful of modules and a smattering of code.

A small amount of code produces a logger process to write web server log entries to a database.

To debug Perl applications — even Web applications — just follow Randal’s three simple rules.

Learn how to automate a mini-CPAN update with yet another pearl of Perl wisdom.

Perl 6 will be the language's first major revision since the early '90s. Here's a preview of some of its great new features.