[oak perl] Good perl examples on the web

[Belden Lyman]

On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 14:54, David Fetter wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 02:45:34PM -0800, Belden Lyman wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 13:49, David Fetter wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 01:33:47PM -0800, Belden Lyman wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > For anyone who needs some good perl examples to look at and
> > > > learn from, take a peek at Randal Schwartz's columns at
> > > > http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/columns.html
> > > > 
> > > > Does anyone know any other websites that consistently have good
> > > > perl code?
> > > 
> > > Nope, but I've got a way to vet them.  If you find a site with
> > > perl code on it, hie it hither before getting too deep into it. :)
> > 
> > How do you vet?  run using Safe, or eyeball the code?
> 


> For example, Matt's Script Archive and its spawn have a certain stench
> to them.

Yes and yes. NMS is a good alternative to the historic MSA scripts.
http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/ istr reading that even MSA recommends
using NMS, and Matt has taken to re-writing some of his old scripts.

Still. It's out there.

>   Then there's checking whether it's "strict clean," "warnings
> clean," etc.
> 

It's the "etc." that I'm particularly interested in... I'll wait
for your first review.

> Cheers,

Indeed, oakland.pm is overdue for a beer drink.

Belden, really should do something about that-^