Perl

perl should be improved and perl6
perl provides good things and bad ones. In the good thing, such as: * it is adapted for text processing * it is poorly typed * it is enough powerful with unicode * provide arrays and hash and reference (and objects) * transparently manage any kind of numbers. * is C interfacable * has basic network and IPC po... 17 Apr 2008 00:25

FAQ 8.19 Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq8.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at http://faq.perl.org . --------... 4 Apr 2008 15:11

FTP problem
Hello, in the past I used Net::FTP for ftp and had no problems, however if I try to connect to a ftp url like ftp://ftp.gimp.org/ I can't connect? $ftp = Net::FTP->new($url, Debug=>1 [, Passive=>1]) or die 'cannot conect'; Any ideas what the problem is? ... 4 Apr 2008 12:23

separating substitutions from an embedded perl in a ksh script
I have a large ksh script which had an embedded perl invocation to do a character replace... to fix a date in a large flat file. I know the script is inefficient, but I wanted to just improve the logic a bit rather than have to install new scripts etc. Anyway, the file has records that if start with the character... 4 Apr 2008 15:45

FAQ 8.23 How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq8.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at http://faq.perl.org . --------... 4 Apr 2008 08:59

Is substr only way of getting nth character of string?
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:10:30 -0800, Robbie Hatley wrote: Given program X.... in Cobol: 857 pages in C: 37 pages in C++: 5 pages in APL: @&*%@#*$%*(%^*&@#*&%#@ (1/4 line of gibberish) In Perl: JustDo($what_I_mean) or die "Sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can... 5 Apr 2008 08:10

FAQ 8.20 How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq8.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at http://faq.perl.org . --------... 4 Apr 2008 03:02

Posting Guidelines for comp.lang.perl.misc ($Revision: 1.8 $)
Outline Before posting to comp.lang.perl.misc Must - Check the Perl Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Check the other standard Perl docs (*.pod) Really Really Should - Lurk for a while before posting - Search a Usenet archive If You Like - Check Other Re... 4 Apr 2008 02:28

FAQ 8.10 How do I read and write the serial port?
This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq8.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at http://faq.perl.org . --------... 3 Apr 2008 20:52

Creating a 'load simulator' by calling Perl Programs - or Forking?
pgodfrin <pgodfrin(a)gmail.com> writes: I was looking at IPC::Run as well. What do you think of it? Haven't used it all. And to be honest, from skimming the docs I can't really see if it will even do what you want it to do if you have more than one child process running, which I can guarantee you POE will. B... 4 Apr 2008 12:23