[roch-pm] [Fwd: Perl.com: Achieving Closure]

[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.

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I feel a little naughty recommending this, since I co-wrote it,
but Extending and Embedding Perl, a book about the Perl XS,
embedding and Perl internals, is available for pre-order from
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The June Perl Review Golf Challenge, supported by us at O'Reilly
and the fine folk at ActiveState, will begin at midnight UTC on
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Finally, all the Perl mailing lists on perl.org are now available
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* What's new on www.perl.com?

One feature that Perl 5 apologists and functional programmers
alike tend to rave about is something called a "closure". In
fact, it's one feature which Perl has in common with this very
different style of programming.  But what is a closure, and what
use is it to you in your ordinary work? As I explain, it may be
something that you wouldn't even notice unless you stopped to
think about it...

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

Don't miss next week, when we bring you Larry Wall's next
installment of the Perl 6 design. I've seen the drafts, and
believe me, it's going to blow your mind.


Enjoy,

SC

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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?
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The Perl You Need To Know - Part 3
Stas Bekman finishes his introduction to the basic Perl skills you
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http://perl.com/pub/a/2002/05/14/mod_perl.html

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