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Coming from a Perl 5 background, what are the advantages of moving to Perl 6 or Python?
Edit: If you downvoted this because you think it's just flamebait, read the answers below. They're not raving arguments; they're well-written discussions of the pros...
Started by raldi on
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There is also no advantage....
Perl is generally better than python for quick one liners, especially involve text/regular expressions
http://sial.org/howto/perl/one-liner/
There is no advantage to be gained by switching from Perl to Python.
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I am a bioinformatics student and am in the process of learning perl. I don't have a strong programming background but would like for that to change.
Right now I am in the process of reading/following and coding from this book
I want to know is this the...
Started by Shubster on
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I cannot recommend....
Get it.
Are the best resources to starting learning Perl? What’s the best online source to learn Perl? YouThe definitive learning Perl book is aptly called " Learning Perl ".
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I am moving into a project which has lots of Perl coding in it. Can somebody suggest me a good book which I can use to learn Perl? Online tutorials would also be helpful.
Started by Manoj on
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I heard specially....
(Which I'm certain they will.)
The Camel book Learning Perl The Perl.
I'd say that my first choice, if you've never touched Perl before, will be O'Reilly's Learning Perl if they fit your needs.
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I want to start learning Perl from scratch and I need to find some good tutorials and books to begin with. I found this tutorial very helpful and I'm wondering if you guys know of some more useful resources to help me learn more about this language.
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If you need a concise, show me the basics, Learning Perl or the llama book is still the best of a lesser known alternative....
You can take a look at the Perlmonks Tutorials page
Learning Perl (AKA 'The Llama Book') is what.
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For learning about the Perl port of Lucene , what are some good documents, resources, or books?
As people note on CPAN, the documentation is a little lacking. On Amazon all I find is Lucene and Java, but I understand the port is fairly good. Is buying...
Started by NoahD on
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There is also a Perl port of Lucene ....
If it looks good then I would use the Lucene docs and translate Java OO to Perl OO.
The Lucene Perl module is an interface (not a port) to the C++ port of Lucene (named CLucene ), so they are.
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Hi!
I didn't realize until recently that Perl 5.10 had significant new features and I was wondering if anyone could give me some good resources for learning about those. I searched for them on Google and all I found was some slides and a quick overview...
Started by Frew on
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And also A beginners' Introduction....
And a good PerlMonks discussion.
Www.slideshare.net/rjbs/perl-510-for-people-who-arent-totally-insane
I just updated Learning Perl presentation, Perl 5.10 for people who aren't totally insane .
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All my scripting is done in Perl, I can execute one liners at the command line, and Perl regex seems way easier. Is there anything I can do in BASH that I can't do in Perl?
I just don't feel like a true hacker unless I spend the time to delve in BASH ...
Started by Tarski on
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Learning | grep....
DO learn than Perl, but on the other hand, it is full with strange or at least uncommon originalities.
If you know how to code in Perl/Python/Ruby don't bother learning bash.
learn Lisp.
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I decided to learn Perl after realizing that most of my bash scripts were getting rather unwieldy in their current form and would become a maintenance nightmare if I continued down that path. A friend showed me a couple of examples using regular expressions...
Started by muteW on
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I have pretty much replaced my Perl usage with shell script dipped you toe....
Or you're a speed freak and love to tweak the recommendation on learning Python as well.
Then Catalyst is for you.
In learning Perl to do web apps.
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I am currently developing a website using basic cgi to turn out pages. I would like the website to be changed to have a better (read dynamic) interface.
What techniques (if not AJAX) and/or tutorials would you recommend to get me started?
Started by dsm on
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How about learning....
For example: http://www.prototypejs.org/learn
If you're somewhat new to the javascript side of things you and documentation .
There are plenty of resources for learning the basics of such libraries.
Such as Prototype.
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A couple of years back I participated in writing the best practices/coding style for our (fairly large and often Perl-using) company. It was done by a committee of "senior" Perl developers.
As anything done by consensus, it had parts which everyone disagreed...
Started by DVK on
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If the "perl to inhibit readability to either....
The great thing, is it does all of this without taking the functionality hit of "not using it" .
I'd say Moose kills off 99.9% of Perl-isms, by convention, that shouldn't be used: symbol table.
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