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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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Tagged inheritance, OSCON, oscon2010, Perl, Programming, roles, smalltalk, traits
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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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Tagged community, frustration, OSCON, oscon2010, Perl, Programming, session
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OSCON 2008: Ultimate Perl Code Profiling
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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Tagged OSCON, oscon08, oscon2008, Perl, profiling, Programming
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OSCON 2008: Stick a fork() in It
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
“Ninja” Code
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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Tagged Amazon, OSCON, oscon08, oscon2008, Perl, Programming
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OSCON 2008: Code Reviews for Fun and Profit
Lunch is over and I’m sitting in Code Reviews for Fun and Profit with Alex Martelli. I really wanted to go to the Perl 6 talk, but I always end up going home disappointed, because I don’t yet have Perl … Continue reading
OSCON 2008: Beautiful Concurrency with Erlang
My second session of the day is Beautiful Concurrency with Erlang. I’m here for two reasons. First, Erlang looks cool; second, the speaker, Kevin Scaldeferri, is a friend of mine. Erlang is a pure functional language (and thus no side-effects) … Continue reading
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OSCON 2008: Practical Erlang Programming
After lunch and our trip to the Apple Store, I’m sitting in Portland 256 for the Practical Erlang Programming. It’s being taught by Francesco Cesarini of Erlang Training and Consulting Ltd. Over 90 people registered for this tutorial, and the … Continue reading
OSCON 2008: Mastering Perl
It’s early on Monday morning and I’m in my first tutorial session of the day, following the continental breakfast provided in Convention Hall E. I wasn’t overly impressed with the tutorial options this year. So, being who I am, I … Continue reading