use Perl

New Poll

posted by pudge on 2000.11.14 12:36   

mstevens writes "*please* can we have a new poll? Even something lame like cgi/mod_perl? would be nice."

• aargh (Score:1)

  by mstevens (544)

  I wasn't really expecting anyone to post this...
• Re:aargh (Score:1)

  by pudge (1)

  :-)
• Re:aargh (Score:1)

  by mstevens (544)

  I'm taking you off my christmas card list...
• I think I voted for the wrong option... (Score:1)

  by MythosTraecer (287)

  I meant to click the "Who will be the next US President?" option, but I think I chose the "Other" option. Can we do a recount? How about if we just redo the voting? ;)

  --
  
  
  Mythos
• Poll Ideas (Score:1)

  by $Bob (668)

  Perl is
    * Fun and interesting
    * Clear and concise
    * Ugly and obfuscated
    * Better left untouched
  
  My version of Perl
    * < 5.0
    * 5.0 - 5.003
    * 5.004
    * 5.005
    * 5.6 - 5.7
    * 6.0
  
  Lines of Perl written:
    * < 1_000
    * 1_000 - 10_0000
    * 10_000 - 100_000
    * 100_000 - 1_000_000
    * > 1_000_000
  
  Favorite Perl Activity
    * Lurking
    * Collecting modules
    * Creating quick hacks
• less filling?/tastes great? (Score:1)

  by bradclawsie (748)

  tastes great?/less filling?
• Re:I think I voted for the wrong option... (Score:1)

  by gaudior (98)

  Check out: Dr. Suess does the election [wgnradio.com].
• Poll idea (Score:1)

  by Dominus (464)

  How about 'what's your favorite language other than Perl?'
• Re:Poll idea (Score:1)

  by davorg (18)

  How about 'what's your favorite language other than Perl?'

  
  

  English!
• Re:Poll idea (Score:1)

  by pudge (1)

  That one I like. Throw out a bunch of suggestions, I'll post it next week or something.
• Re:Poll idea (Score:1)

  by hading (258)

  Common Lisp. Of course, I may be somewhat of a heretic in that it's also my favorite language including Perl. :-)
• How to determine number of camels (Score:1)

  by snafu (951)

  use Camel;
  use Pin;
  
  print do {
          my $pin;
          $count++ while $pin->add(new Camel);
          $count;
  };
  __END__
  or something
• patch1 (Score:1)

  by snafu (951)

  5c5
  < my $pin;
  ---
  > my $pin = new Pin;
• Re:Poll idea (Score:1)

  by gaudior (98)

  PICK BASIC!
  
• Poll Idea (Score:1)

  by flounder_p (813)

  What OS you program perl on?
  Linux
  *BSD
  Solaris
  Win 9* or ME
  Win NT
  BeOS
  MacOS <= 9
  MacOS X
  other (please comment)
  
  Yes big list I know but It would be interesting to see. The Macs are seprated because MacOS X is a unix kernal and <9 are not.
• Re:Poll idea (Score:1)

  by flounder_p (813)

  I have some.
  C
  C++
  Bash
  Common Lisp is also a must
• Re:Poll Idea (Score:1)

  by bart (450)

  What OS you program perl on?

  You forgot about DOS. The Unix(y) choices are somewhat limited. And you didn't even metion VMS.
• Other (Score:1)

  by bart (450)

  I clicked on the "other" option. I don't have a clue on how many lines of Perl code I've ever written. My preference for "other language" is rather limited by practicality, not by what I think is a good language.

  So what do I think is a good Perl related question? Well:

  Are most of your Perl programs:

  • One shot programs (throw away)
  • Generic programs for everyday use
  • Anything in between...

  I think most of my programs are of the one-shot kind. Sometimes I run them a few times, sometimes even with months b
• Re:Poll Idea (Score:1)

  by pudge (1)

  And he spelled "Mac OS" wrong. :)
• Re:[MORE] Poll Ideas (Score:1)

  by champs (985)

  >Poll Ideas (Score:1)
  > Favorite Perl Activity
  > * Lurking
  > * Collecting modules
  > * Creating quick hacks
  > * Creating usefull scripts
  > * Core hacking
  
  Maybe we should add "Watch penguins at window" and "build m@[Ss]t(range ; ;|upid)@gemox regex" to this pool... :-)

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  "Life is not fair, but root password helps!" -- The Bastard Operator From Hell