Re: [Boston.pm] Perl slide generator script

2012-01-16 Thread Nick Patch
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Nilanjan Palit wrote: > Looking back in my boston.pm archive, I saw mention of a Perl slide generator > script by Damian from way back when, but there was no name for that module > and Googling did not help.  I found 2 modules on CPAN that looked interesting: > mk

Re: [Boston.pm] underused perl feature

2011-05-31 Thread Nick Patch
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Re: [Boston.pm] $#{$Queue}

2010-09-28 Thread Nick Patch
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:37 AM, wrote: > An explicit type declaration in Perl?? > Who ordered this? > > No more scalar = catch all type? No worries, you can just continue using untyped scalars as you always have! my $scalar; But you can also declare types and array sizes if you want. Nick

Re: [Boston.pm] $#{$Queue}

2010-09-28 Thread Nick Patch
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:11 PM, wrote: > I have used languages (PL/1 and Pascal come to mind) that allow you to > declare both upper and lower bounds to each array dimension.  But for > both languages, I have found such arrays more trouble than they are > worth.  A Pascal example I saw created

Re: [Boston.pm] rakudo* install meeting

2010-08-03 Thread Nick Patch
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Steve Scaffidi wrote: > I've read most of the Perl 6 tutorials out there (masak++ moritz++ > szabgab++ and several others!) and while it's given me a taste of > what's different and interesting, I doubt I'm alone if I'm not hugely > inspired without "real-world" exa

Re: [Boston.pm] Text to slides

2010-05-11 Thread Nick Patch
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Palit, Nilanjan wrote: > A while back I seem to remember a discussion in this forum on a Perl utility > to convert hierarchical (or marked up) text to slides. If so, what is that > utility and where can I get it? Also, what format is the output in: > OpenOffice

Re: [Boston.pm] Newbie question

2010-05-06 Thread Nick Patch
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Laura Bethard wrote: > looking for an extension class but am having trouble finding something in > the price range my company will cover.  IEEE had a promising class but it > was cancelled, and the only other two I could find were: > http://www.open-source-training

Re: [Boston.pm] domain theft saga

2010-03-30 Thread Nick Patch
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Greg London wrote: > Hm, > > Can anyone recommend a good, reliable, secure, host/registrar? > Must have phone support and shouldn't be too expensive. > > Greg I've been with GKG.net since 2001 and have only had good experiences with them. Between my employers, no

Re: [Boston.pm] Using dot notation in Perl 5

2009-11-24 Thread Nick Patch
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Steve Tolkin wrote: > Is it possible to use dot notation in Perl 5, possibly by installing a > module etc.? > > If so, please send a link to  a moderately small working example. See Ovid's Acme::Dot module. Note, however, that this module only allows you to use t

Re: [Boston.pm] Larry's MIT talk

2009-04-03 Thread Nick Patch
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Jerrad Pierce wrote: > In a similar vein, a new mascot for perl isn't very easy to come up with. > Nevertheless, an anime butterfly doesn't do it for me, even if the wings > do include the characters "P" and "6." > > Other than the camel, goats or mules probably c

Re: [Boston.pm] Larry's MIT talk

2009-04-02 Thread Nick Patch
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > I attended the MIT presentation. I didn't notice many Boston.pm-ers there, I was there with a co-worker, but I don't come to many meetings. > Larry made a request for people to download and test the current Perl 6 > prototypes. (Someone chime in