Every programming language has its strengths...and its weaknesses. We identify five tasks for which perl is ideally suited, and four that...well, really, shouldn't you choose something else? We all ...

Cross-posting from Programmer's Symposium: I'm wrapping up the last of my classes at Western Governor's University. Almost all classes have used Java to teach OO concepts. One of my last classes is an ...

The domain name perl.com was stolen and now points to an IP address associated with malware campaigns. Perl.com is a site owned by Tom Christiansen and has been used since 1997 to post news and ...

Bringing automation to ASIC design typically includes the use of “Scripts†. In the new competitive generation of chip designing where Time-to-Market is so critical, you need a way to finish your ...

With Corinna, the Perl programming language has had a more mature object system since version 5.38 without the previous weak point of missing keywords. Version 5.38 provides new keywords for object ...