User: turchinc

eclipse (epic) as a perl ide / debugger

On: Pro Perl Debugging

i used to use komodo or ptkdb or print "something" for perl debugging but recently i have been using epic, the perl IDE for eclipse.
 
it has a graphical debugger and a heap of other useful features for developing in perl (see the sf.net page for more details...). another advantage: if you need to develop in other languages, there is likely a plugin for them as well, so that you can do everything without leaving your ide (yes: i know about emacs. no: i never did take the time to learn it...)

:wq

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"i would rather maintain someone else's language than someone else's perl..."

From the Microsoft Bloglines...

On: The Massachusetts Office Party

Microsoft is already blowing their bloghorn about this as well:

http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2005/08/ 31/458879.aspx

(and that reactions has been resyndicated by the Scobelizer himself already:

http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/09/01.html#a 11011)

From the post:
"I'm a bit stunned by the overall proposal that was brought forward to the State though as it seems to be a bit short sighted and unnecessarily exclusive."

"unnecessarily exclusive"? Someone at Microsoft is claiming that someone else's decision to use an open alternative is unnecessarily exclusive? That does seem like grasping for the last straw doesn't it...

Re:It's a sad day for Intellectual Property when..

On: Reminding Customers Patented by Amazon

Dear Jeff,

This is just a friendly reminder from the USPTO that you have already tried to submit this patent over five (5) times. This could be an indication that what you trying to patent is completely lacking in innovation or that you are in fact not the first person to come up with this idea. Sometimes, particularly with entirely banal patent submissions, it is a combination of both.

You could check our online FAQ for more information on why your patent keeps getting rejected, or you could just "chill out and get the message finally". If you think you have received this reminder in error, please contact us at priorart@uspto.gov or try submitting the patent again. Its only the taxpayer's money your wasting, after all.

Thanks.

Best Regards,

The Patent Office

Re:Not really new, but interesting

On: Check Boxes and Radio Buttons Conquered by DHTML

this styling trick for file input form elements impressed me much more than this:

http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/inputfile.html

oh how i hate the browse button!

Re:I don't buy it

On: America's Most Connected Campuses

It actually did make the list (sort it by state to find it most easily). However, the facts are just plain wrong, unless technology has gotten worse since I attended in the 90's.

For example:

Get discounted computers: yes for students and faculty (http://www.bookstore.washington.edu/)

Usenet access: um, yes... (nntp://news.u.washington.edu/nntp)

Multimedia equipment: there was certainly the opportunity to loan equipment for presentations when I was there and it seems not to have changed... (http://techfee.washington.edu/proposals/2002/2002 -360)...

Offer courses in emering Technology: http://www.extension.washington.edu/ext/ as well as in diverse departments...

It seems somewhat skewed to me if I can repudiate four of the findings in under a minute just by googling...

Re:Whats better about Java?

On: Technology Review Profiles Miguel de Icaza

Oh yes, I forgot about how maintainable perl can be:

-l @i=split//,join'',<>;for$x(0..5){for$y(0..5){map{$ t++if$i[112-21*$_+$x]eq'X'&&$i[119-21*$_+$y]eq'X'& &$i[105-21*$y+$x]eq'X'}0..5}}print$t

as somebody once said: i would rather maintain somebody else's language than somebody else's perl...