Tag Archives: Perl

OSCON 2008: Perl and Parrot

Posted on Friday, 25 July 2008 by sirhc

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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OSCON 2008: State of the Onion

Posted on Thursday, 24 July 2008 by sirhc

It’s finally time for the State of the Onion. Larry Wall introduced this year’s theme, Rules That Are Meant to be Broken. If he had Perl to do all over again, what would he do different? Only two things, nothing, … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2008: Perl Lightning Talks

Posted on Thursday, 24 July 2008 by sirhc

It’s 4:30pm on Thursday and that means it’s time for the Perl Lightning Talks. The crowd is excitedly gathering, but there are still plenty of seats as I write this. Sorry guys, these are five minute talks. If I start … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2008: Ultimate Perl Code Profiling

Posted on Thursday, 24 July 2008 by sirhc

Lunch is over and I’m here to listen to Tim Bunce talk about Ultimate Perl Code Profiling with Devel::NYTProf. The Devel::DProf module is old and a waste of time and is broken. Stop using it. Take it out and shoot … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2008: Perl for Political Campaigns

Posted on Thursday, 24 July 2008 by sirhc

There was nothing interesting for me scheduled for the second session today, so I ended up in Perl for Political Campaigns, presented by Chris “Pudge” Nandor. I’m not entirely sure why I’m here, but it likely has something to do … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2008: Stick a fork() in It

Posted on Thursday, 24 July 2008 by sirhc

First session of the day and I’m in room F150 (brought to you by Ford). The F wing, bereft of wifi. I’m here for Stick a fork() in It: Parallel and Distributed Perl with Eric Wilhelm of Scratch Computing. It’s … Continue reading →

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“Ninja” Code

Posted on Wednesday, 23 July 2008 by sirhc

The Amazon booth at OSCON 2008 is advertising heavily that they are hiring. They are also holding a raffle. To enter, simple look over some Perl code they have written out on some poster board and tell them what it … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2008: Strawberry Perl: Achieving Win32 Platform Equality

Posted on Wednesday, 23 July 2008 by sirhc

My first session of the day is Strawberry Perl: Achieving Win32 Platform Equality, presented by Adam Kennedy. Originally, I had considered a Parrot talk, but I saw a similar talk at SCALE6x, and I happened upon Adam on IRC this … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2008: Perl Worst Practices

Posted on Tuesday, 22 July 2008 by sirhc

I’m sitting in Portland 252 for my first tutorial of the day, Perl Worst Practices with Damian Conway. He’s started off by complimenting us on our intelligence and our ability to convince our bosses or significant others that paying for … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2008: Perl Security

Posted on Monday, 21 July 2008 by sirhc

After lunch, I wandered over to Portland 255 with Brad and Al for the Perl Security tutorial, presented by Paul Fenwick. Straight away I can tell that he’s going to be a lively and entertaining presenter. His slides go by … Continue reading →

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