[roch-pm] [Fwd: Perl.com: Quantum::Entanglement]
Brian Mathis
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Fri Aug 10 21:28:19 CDT 2001
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the State of the Onion, the Perl 5 Porters meeting and the Perl6
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Quantum::Superpositions rocked the Perl world, as it provided a
way to get more than one thing done at once. (in constant time.)
Quantum::Entanglement goes yet further, using solid quantum physics
theory to get an infinite number of things done at once. To tell
you more would be to spoil the surprise, but the module's author,
Alex Gough, tells us what it is and how it works...
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/08/08/quantum.html
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Quantum::Superpositions rocked the Perl world, as it provided a
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you more would be to spoil the surprise, but the module's author,
Alex Gough, tells us what it is and how it works.
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/08/08/quantum.html
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