Articles tagged Perl

  1. Power programming. What makes a language powerful? The programmer!
  2. comp.lang.name? Python was named after a comedy troupe. This note discusses what makes a good name for a computer language.
  3. Perl 6, Python 3
  4. Entertaining Documentation
  5. Too big or too clever? Steve Yegge says that, for large applications, size is an enemy best controlled by dynamic languages. Alex Martelli says a language can be too dynamic for a large application. Who's right?
  6. Maybe we live in a scripting universe. Comments on Larry Wall's 11th State of the Onion address.
  7. A yen for more symbols
  8. Pitching Python in three syllables
  9. How green you are
  10. Perlish Wisdom
  11. Shells, Logs and Pipes