[roch-pm] Perl.com: The Perl You Need to Know (fwd)

[Brian Mathis]

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Hello, world! This is Simon Cozens, www.perl.com managing editor,
bringing you the latest goings on from the world of Perl and our
own site.

* Perl at large.

Sadly, we don't have an Apocalypse for you yet, but we have the
next best thing - Larry's let slip some of the things he expects
to be in Apocalypse 5, Regular Expressions. The new syntax
is... well, new.  Remember that these are only Larry's current
thoughts, and even when they do crystallise into an Apocalypse,
that's still subject to change later.

    http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-language@perl.org/msg09651.html
    http://dev.perl.org/perl6/apocalypse/

I've been reviewing a few Perl books this week, but I'm not the only
one:  Paul Barry's taken a look at Reuven Lerner's "Core Perl", and
shared his thoughts with Linux Journal:

    http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5813
    http://www.coreperl.com/

And finally, I don't know which is more scary - the fact that this
module exists, or that it's at version 1.03:

    http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Acme-Time-Asparagus-1.03

* What's new on www.perl.com?

This week, we go back to basics with Stas Bekman, who teaches us
about variable scoping and packages ready for the forthcoming
installments of his mod_perl course. If you're fuzzy on what $main::,
"our" and "use vars" mean, this is an excellent refresher:

    http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/04/23/mod_perl.html

Later this week, I'll be taking a look at a new book from SAMS,
the "mod_perl Developer's Cookbook". It claims to teach "tricks,
solutions and mod_perl idioms" based on the authors' experiences.
Did it turn me into a mod_perl wizard overnight? Visit perl.com
later in the week to find out.

Enjoy!

SC

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*** Featured Articles ***

The Perl You Need To Know
This week, Stas Bekman goes back to basics to explain some Perl
topics of interest to his continuing mod_perl series.

http://perl.com/pub/a/2002/04/23/mod_perl.html

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XSP, Taglibs and Pipelines
In this month's AxKit article, Barrie explains what a "taglib" is,
and how to use them to create dynamic pages inside of AxKit.

http://perl.com/pub/a/2002/04/16/axkit.html

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Perl and XML on the Command Line
In this month's Perl and XML column, Kip Hampton explores how the
desperate Perl hacker can use its XML tools on the command line.

http://xml.com/pub/a/2002/04/17/perl-xml.html

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Installing mod_perl without superuser privileges
In his continuing series on mod_perl, Stas Bekman explains how to
install a mod_perl-ized Apache on a server even if you don't have
root privileges.

http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/04/10/mod_perl.html

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