Re: [CODE4LIB] perl6

2008-01-22 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Jan 21, 2008, at 11:24 PM, Peter Keane wrote: ...Like spoken langauges, syntax in a programming language influences what/how things might be expressed, even though you can express the exact same facts in any language. Perl6 will, I think, be one of those ultra-dynamic languages like Ruby that

Re: [CODE4LIB] perl6

2008-01-22 Thread Birkin James Diana
On Jan 22, 2008, at 9:58 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: This was a feature I was not aware of. Does this mean I will be able to write Perl programs that use the Java-based Lucene indexer? You probably know this, but you could do that now via SOLR, a webservices-plus-more layer that sits above Lu

Re: [CODE4LIB] perl6

2008-01-22 Thread Ewout Van Troostenberghe
>On Jan 22, 2008, at 9:58 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > >> This was a feature I was not aware of. Does this mean I will be able >> to write Perl programs that use the Java-based Lucene indexer? > >You probably know this, but you could do that now via SOLR, a >webservices-plus-more layer that sits

Re: [CODE4LIB] perl6

2008-01-22 Thread Joe Atzberger
We get an honest-to-god switch statement, finally. And better regexp optimization. I too plan to convert relatively slowly, starting with 5.10for now and re-reading perldelta. --joe On Jan 21, 2008 8:00 AM, Eric Lease Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just what will I be able to do better >

[CODE4LIB] perl question

2008-01-22 Thread Iglesias, Edward G. (Library)
Okay, I should be able to solve this on my own but I can't. I've had to move to a new web server and can't get an old script to work. All it does is convert a fund activity report to a web page. It worked fine on the old server. I updated the directory paths and checked permissions. All are fi

Re: [CODE4LIB] perl question

2008-01-22 Thread Jonathan Gorman
This may sound like a stupid question, so the issue is that the files aren't be generated at all? Or are the files actually be generated, but something is wrong with your apache configuration so that you can't access the webpage? That's the first thing that pops into my head. I haven't looked

Re: [CODE4LIB] perl question

2008-01-22 Thread James M. Gilbert
Edward, I don't see any problems staring at me, operating system is constant across the old and new servers? James M. Gilbert Systems Librarian Whitehall Township Public Library 3700 Mechanicsville Road Whitehall, PA 18052 610-432-4339 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto

[CODE4LIB] Position announcement: Digital Projects Librarian

2008-01-22 Thread Emily Molanphy
The NYU Health Sciences Libraries invite applicants for the position of Digital Projects Librarian. The Digital Projects Librarian will join the Library Medical Informatics Group (LMIG) in the provision of high-quality computing services to the faculty and staff of the libraries, as well as to the

Re: [CODE4LIB] perl question

2008-01-22 Thread Joe Hourcle
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Iglesias, Edward G. (Library) wrote: Okay, I should be able to solve this on my own but I can't. I've had to move to a new web server and can't get an old script to work. All it does is convert a fund activity report to a web page. It worked fine on the old server. I up

[CODE4LIB] 3 positions open at OCLC in New Jersey

2008-01-22 Thread Eric Hellman
https://jobs-oclc.icims.com/oclc_jobs/jobs/candidate/jobs.jsp?ss=1&searchLocation=US-NJ The job descriptions are: Support/Software Developer ..will assist in the creation, analysis, support, modification and testing of products and services related to linking and management of electronic resour