Tag Archives: Perl

OSCON 2010: State of the Onion

The Thursday sessions are over, but before I head out to the parties, I’m attending the 14th State of the Onion address. This is the always well-attended update on the universe of Perl. I immediately noticed that Larry is surrounded … Continue reading

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OSCON 2010: Awesome Things You’ve Missed in Perl

Paul Fenwick (Perl Training Australia) Ever since I saw An Illustrated History of Failure two years ago, I’ve made it a point to see @pjf‘s talks. That’s how I find myself in his mid-afternoon session, Awesome Things You’ve Missed in … Continue reading

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OSCON 2010: 21st Century Systems Perl

Matt Trout (Shadowcat Systems Limited) The full title of this session is, 21st Century Systems Perl – the New Perl Enlightment for sysadmins Introduction While Perl isn’t dying, “PERL” most certainly is dying. This is a good thing, because it … Continue reading

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OSCON 2010: Dist::Zilla

Ricardo Signes (Pobox.com) The full title of this talk is, Dist::Zilla – Maximum Overkill for CPAN Distributions. Every CPAN distribution contains a significant amount of crap. It’s infrastructure used for the distribution tools. ExtUtils::MakeMaker has been the traditional way to … Continue reading

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OSCON 2010: Smalltalk-style Traits

Curtis “Ovid” Poe (BBC) After a long break, an apple, a cup of coffee, and a beer, I’m back in the Perl track. The full title of this session is, Scratching the 40-Year Itch of Inheritance with Smalltalk-style Traits. This … Continue reading

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OSCON 2010: Cool Perl 6 Today

Patrick Michaud (pmichaud.com) I’m just back from lunch at Burgerville with Juan and Jonathan. On the way back into the convention center, I ran into Alasdair, who has been attending the hardware hacking sessions. That made me think that I … Continue reading

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OSCON 2010: Perl 5.12

Jesse Vincent (Best Practical) This talk could be titled something along the lines of “Lessons Learned from Project Management.” Jesse Vincent is the current Perl 5 pumpking, which for the moment can be thought of as the project janitor. People … Continue reading

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OSCON 2010: New Beginnings in Perl 5

Piers Cawley (BBC) After reviewing today’s session schedule, I quickly came to the conclusion that I will spend my entire day sitting in the room “Portland 256.” This is, apparently, where the Perl track is located. Paul Fenwick introduced Piers … Continue reading

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OSCON 2008: The Twilight Perl

It’s the last session of the conference, and I saw Damian Conway’s name on the schedule. So here I am, attending The Twilight Perl. I have no idea what to expect, but come on, it’s Damian. It’s got to be … Continue reading

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OSCON 2008: Perl and Parrot

It’s the first session on Friday and I’m in Perl and Parrot: Baseless Myths and Startling Realities with Tim Bunce. As people were filtering in from the break, Tim displayed one of my favorite xkcd comics for us to enjoy. … Continue reading

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