From pudge@perl.org Tue Sep 17 11:27:03 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A320216F16 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:27:02 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:27:02 +0100 (IST) Received: from cpu59.osdn.com (slashdot.org [64.28.67.73] (may be forged)) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8H20AC22223 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 03:00:10 +0100 Received: from [10.2.181.14] (helo=perl.org) by cpu59.osdn.com with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17r7cf-0002tk-01 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:57:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 02:00:30 +0000 From: pudge@perl.org Subject: [use Perl] Stories for 2002-09-17 To: yyyy-use-perl@example.com Precedence: list X-Bulkmail: 2.051 Message-Id: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.5 required=7.0 tests=AWL,EXCUSE_1,MAY_BE_FORGED,NO_REAL_NAME,SPAM_PHRASE_03_05 version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: use Perl Daily Newsletter In this issue: * New Perl Mongers Web Site * Java vs. Perl * This Week on perl5-porters (9-15 September 2002) +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | New Perl Mongers Web Site | | posted by KM on Monday September 16, @08:41 (groups) | | http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/16/1243234 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]davorg writes "Leon Brocard has been working hard to update the [1]Perl Mongers web site. We're still going thru the process of cleaning up the data about the Perl Monger groups, so if you see something that isn't quite right then please [2]let us know." Discuss this story at: http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=02/09/16/1243234 Links: 0. mailto:dave@dave.org.uk 1. http://www.pm.org/ 2. mailto:user_groups@pm.org +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Java vs. Perl | | posted by pudge on Monday September 16, @11:15 (java) | | http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/16/1448246 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ It seems the older Perl gets, the more willing people are to believe that it sucks, without any reasonable facts. [0]davorg writes "You may have seen the article [1]Can Java technology beat Perl on its home turf with pattern matching in large files? that there has been some debate about on both #perl and comp.lang.perl.misc today. One of the biggest criticisms of the article was that the author hasn't published the Perl code that he is comparing his Java with." This story continues at: http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/16/1448246 Discuss this story at: http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=02/09/16/1448246 Links: 0. mailto:dave@dave.org.uk 1. http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/qow/archive/184/index.jsp +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | This Week on perl5-porters (9-15 September 2002) | | posted by rafael on Monday September 16, @16:17 (summaries) | | http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/16/2026255 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ This was not a very busy week, with people packing for YAPC::Europe, and all that... Nevertheless, the smoke tests were running, the bug reports were flying, and an appropriate amount of patches were sent. Read about printf formats, serialized tied thingies, built-in leak testing, syntax oddities, et alii. This story continues at: http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/16/2026255 Discuss this story at: http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=02/09/16/2026255 Copyright 1997-2002 pudge. All rights reserved. ====================================================================== You have received this message because you subscribed to it on use Perl. To stop receiving this and other messages from use Perl, or to add more messages or change your preferences, please go to your user page. http://use.perl.org/my/messages/ You can log in and change your preferences from there.