Hilarious programming quotes
Well I suppose that they are only hilarious to us geeks, and maybe the people who work with us. Check them out at... more »
A Guide to Hiring Programmers: The High Cost of Low Quality
Why hiring average and below average programmers is more costly than hiring experts. Tips for finding, hiring, and keeping expert developers.
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If Programming Languages Were Real Persons
What if programming languages were real persons like you and me? What if they were parts of families and had relations and affairs? Have... more »
Was the Universe written in Lisp? (cartoon)
Truly this was the language from which the Gods wrought the Universe...
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The absolute bare minimum that every programmer should know about regular expressions
Many programmers (even some good ones) disregard regular expressions as line noise, and it’s a damned shame because they come in handy so... more »
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What Powers YouTube
YouTube is world’s 4th most popular website, and no.1 for videos, worldwide. It serves around 1 billion views and several Terabytes of... more »
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A regular expression to check for prime numbers
Regular expressions are extremely powerful: /^1?$|^(11+?)\1+$/ checks if a number is prime or not.
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Redhat perl. What a tragedy.
According to this google trends analysis Redhat, Centos and Fedora make up the majority of linux distributions used in production. All... more »
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Notepad++ 6.0 Released!
In release 6: PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) is supported. Add Document Map feature (via Menu View-Document Map):... more »
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Programming is Hard, Let's Go Scripting...
I think, to most people, scripting is a lot like obscenity. I can't define it, but I'll know it when I see it. Here are some common memes... more »
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Computer Programming Algorithms Directory
Welcome to my computer programming algorithms directory. I am hoping to provide a comprehensive directory of web sites that detail... more »
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[Hyperpolyglot] Scripting Languages: PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby
A side-by-side reference sheet of PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby.
Perl far from dead, more popular than you think
erl has been around since 1987 and became an early darling of web developers. These days, however, you don’t hear much about Perl.... more »
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Linux - disk usage (du) human readable AND sorted by size
This is quick tip to fix a problem that has always bugged me - "How to sort the "disk usage" output from "du" correctly when viewing it... more »
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Functional programming languages summary
An article giving summaries of all the major functional programming languages.
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Five ways to get insane productivity boosts
It is said that really good programmers are orders of magnitude more productive than the average ones. What makes this the case? Good... more »
Perl: Love it, or hate it, but don't ignore it.
Call me a curmudgeon (and many do), but I just can’t understand why intelligent folks make the choice to completely ignore Perl. I can... more »
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Perl on Rails - Why the BBC Fails at the Internet
Perl on Rails is a project by the smart chaps over in BBC Audio and Music Interactive that replicates the Ruby On Rails MVC framework in... more »
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Python! (cartoon)
XKCD has been trying Python in place of Perl
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Lambda Lounge Calculates Best Language
Last Thursday at the Lambda Lounge meeting, we had a language shootout where 8 different solutions to the same problem were presented.... more »
So I Don't Like Perl. Sue Me.
A number of folks commented on the last post about my "ignorant and apparently unsupported swipes against Parrot and Perl".
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Why should I use perl 5.10?
Here are some things of the top of my head that I think are pretty cool
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Learning Regular Expressions (Video Tutorial and Cheatsheet)
Many people think that learning to use Regular Expressions is difficult, but if you stick to the basics it is actually quite easy. This... more »
Lots of FREE Perl books
Getting to be a Perl pro have never been easier with this compilation of FREE online books.
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The 140 character webapp challenge!
How many interesting webapps can you code in one Twitter message? I have one — a micro-twitter. I want to see many!
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