[roch-pm] Perl.com Newsletter: Larry's Apocalypse 5 (fwd)

[Brian Mathis]

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Larry's Apocalypse 5 is out, in case you haven't noticed already.
In this episode of the design of Perl 6, Larry turns to regular
expressions. Kleene algebra, the basis of regular expressions, has
been with us for just over 50 years, and Unix-like regular
expressions have been around for the best part of 30 years. Time,
argues Larry, for an overhaul. We promised last week it would be
mindblowing.

  http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/06/04/apo5.html

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Apocalypse 5
In part 5 of his design for Perl 6, Larry takes a long hard look
at regular expressions, and comes up with some interesting ideas...

http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/06/04/apo5.html

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Achieving Closure
What's a closure, and why does everyone go on about them?

http://perl.com/pub/a/2002/05/29/closure.html

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Improving mod_perl Sites' Performance: Part 1
What do we need to think about when optimizing mod_perl
applications? Stas Bekman explains how hardware, software and
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http://perl.com/pub/a/2002/05/29/mod_perl-opt.html

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Finding a mod_perl ISP... or Becoming One
You're ready to use mod_perl -- but do you have a server to run it
on? Stas Bekman explains what an ISP needs to do to run mod_perl
programs, and how to find an ISP that lets you do so.

http://perl.com/pub/a/2002/05/22/mod_perl-isp.html

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The Perl You Need To Know - Part 3
Stas Bekman finishes his introduction to the basic Perl skills you
need to use mod_perl; this week, globals versus lexicals, modules
and packages.

http://perl.com/pub/a/2002/05/14/mod_perl.html

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