Perl has multiple types but does lots of implicit conversions, making it weakly typed.
Not true. You cannot use a scalar variable where an array variable is needed, because the type is inherent in the syntax. Perl's type safety is syntax-driven for the built-in types (scalar, array, hash, subroutine, filehandle), and runtime enforced for references and user-defined types.
So, Perl is indeed strongly typed (for built-ins), and late-binding dynamically typed (for references and user-defined types).
Anyone who says "this is going to compete with TiVo" has never owned a TiVo. It's not the fact that it can record shows, it's how it records shows, and how it interacts with you. Excellence in design. Right number of features that require little or no explanation, because they work the obvious way.
You can pry my countoured TiVo controller from my cold dead fingers.
Keep in mind that this release does not play well with others, especially prior mod_perl1 installations.
In order to have two different versions of things like Apache::Request (which have changed implementations without changing names), the modules get installed as $libdir/Apache2/Apache/Request.pm. Of course, you're then expected to "use Apache2" to add $libdir/Apache2 to your @INC path. Of course, this breaks every other element of the Perl toolchain that expects that @INC is not changed in such a radical fashion.
This release currently has problems with the PAUSE indexer, the CPAN installation tools, perldoc, and installation of manpages, because they all expect @INC to not be so badly hacked. Stas is trying to work out solutions with the community, but mostly in the form of "This is the way modperl2 works, please fix all your tools", and that's not flying well.
The default is "permissive, use OTHER means to detect spam". So the system is entirely voluntary for participation. No "flag day".
However, right now, if someone claims to be "@stonehenge.com", and sends that mail from somewhere other than the machines from which such mail should originate, any SPF-checking-recipient will rightfully reject such mail. That's because I took about five minutes to add the right SPF record to my server.
SPF is not a comprehensive solution. It's merely a solution to help us from getting joe-jobbed, having spam "appear" to come from us. Until you voluntarily add SPF records for your domain, you will continute to get joe-jobbed unknowingly.
Heh... that must've been a common rewrite... I too did a "let's get visicalc", and even got it published in a computer magazine after being pushed onto Usenet somewhere. There's a reference to it in dejagoogle though.
Of course, it had to happen. Within two weeks or so of almost every Apple purchase I've made over the past 11 years, Apple has announced a much better unit for less money.
And I just bought the 1.25Ghz AlBook, last week.
I'm thinking of starting to take up a fund, to help me buy any existing technology that people want upgraded. Then, it'll be a matter of two weeks and, ta-da, new tech is now available!
I'll give up my cell phone and laptop when you give up:
Fast food eating
Coffee mugs even in cup holders
"baby on board"
Putting on makeup
Car pools
Etc etc. I'm tired of being singled out because I'm doing things that are useful during otherwise useless times.
Yes, I realize that these things are a distraction. But let's be sensible. Either ban them all, or let the results be the judge . That is, cite a person for "driving while distracted" when they get into the wreck. Not if they're just doing things that might not necessarily cause an accident.
My name appeared on the first Camel because it was originally only my book. I invited Larry to co-author, and designed both the first and second editions using proven practices from my prior publishing career.
Tom would want to rewrite history, making you believe that it was Larry's book, and that he asked me to co-author for some unjustifiable reason. That's clearly not the case. Check the facts first, please.
Guys, if you're going to carry on a feud, this is really not the way to do it. It just makes you look bad.
Please, let's be clear. This little spat that Tom has about me is completely one-sided. I get a bit pissy when I have to play defense, but otherwise, it's entirely about Tom attacking me. I have nothing against him otherwise.
I agree. I played with a 35mm SLR some 20 years ago, back when pressing the shutter meant I spent about 20 cents to find out what happened. After blowing a few hundred dollars in developing, I decided that this wasn't the way to learn.
When the Nikon Coolpix series came along, and broke the 1 megapixel boundary, I got back into shooting stills (after diverting into the video realm for a while). I've now gone through six Coolpix cameras, and just recently graduated to the Canon Digital Rebel D-SLR 6-megapixel camera. Amazing stuff.
I have 27000 pictures on my web site, and take about 100 more a day. Yes, most of them could be considered crap, but thanks to the fact that I'm taking a lot of them, I'm learning what works and doesn't work, and using that feedback to do better, all the time. My friends used to joke at how many "clouds and food" pictures there were on my site, but the fact is that those gave me a lot of practice on taking big nature things and small stuff in front of me.
Digital film. The only way to practice. Shoot early. Shoot often.
I understand they're going to add pedals so that you can assist with the power generation during low-battery situations, and a third wheel for additional backup stability.
If I'm reading the default configuration correctly, the first two of those checks are non-zero only when relay checking is enabled but bayes is disabled, but you might want to use this entire list just in case.
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... as "an idiot savant... without the savant part".
So, Perl is indeed strongly typed (for built-ins), and late-binding dynamically typed (for references and user-defined types).
Anyone who says "this is going to compete with TiVo" has never owned a TiVo. It's not the fact that it can record shows, it's how it records shows, and how it interacts with you. Excellence in design. Right number of features that require little or no explanation, because they work the obvious way.
You can pry my countoured TiVo controller from my cold dead fingers.
All hail TiVo-Crack!
In order to have two different versions of things like Apache::Request (which have changed implementations without changing names), the modules get installed as $libdir/Apache2/Apache/Request.pm. Of course, you're then expected to "use Apache2" to add $libdir/Apache2 to your @INC path. Of course, this breaks every other element of the Perl toolchain that expects that @INC is not changed in such a radical fashion.
This release currently has problems with the PAUSE indexer, the CPAN installation tools, perldoc, and installation of manpages, because they all expect @INC to not be so badly hacked. Stas is trying to work out solutions with the community, but mostly in the form of "This is the way modperl2 works, please fix all your tools", and that's not flying well.
So, beware to those who install this release.
Well, from what I was told, they also shred your ballot immediately after entering it, because "it's been counted now".
At least in Georgia, "vote absentee" won't help. They take those absentee ballots... AND KEY THEM IN ON A DIEBOLD VOTING MACHINE!
I'm right in the middle of "doing anything you want" there, and didn't want to be interrupted.
However, right now, if someone claims to be "@stonehenge.com", and sends that mail from somewhere other than the machines from which such mail should originate, any SPF-checking-recipient will rightfully reject such mail. That's because I took about five minutes to add the right SPF record to my server.
SPF is not a comprehensive solution. It's merely a solution to help us from getting joe-jobbed, having spam "appear" to come from us. Until you voluntarily add SPF records for your domain, you will continute to get joe-jobbed unknowingly.
Heh... that must've been a common rewrite... I too did a "let's get visicalc", and even got it published in a computer magazine after being pushed onto Usenet somewhere. There's a reference to it in dejagoogle though.
My mind is a bit hazy on this, but I think visiting this monument as a child was part of the inspiration for my company name.
And I just bought the 1.25Ghz AlBook, last week.
I'm thinking of starting to take up a fund, to help me buy any existing technology that people want upgraded. Then, it'll be a matter of two weeks and, ta-da, new tech is now available!
Cut to interior. JarJar being tortured. He screams things like "Yousa no-ah like-uh me?"
For 90 minutes.
At the end, Darth Vader in his dark helmet appears. Voice over James Earl Jones says "Now, is your time, to die."
JarJar falls over dead.
End credits roll.
Yes, I realize that these things are a distraction. But let's be sensible. Either ban them all, or let the results be the judge . That is, cite a person for "driving while distracted" when they get into the wreck. Not if they're just doing things that might not necessarily cause an accident.
I wrote a similar article recently for SysAdmin magazine, although the focus is more about Perl.
As for this:
I would completely disagree. I challenge anyone to bring forward anything for which I'm not willing to take public responsibility.Tom would want to rewrite history, making you believe that it was Larry's book, and that he asked me to co-author for some unjustifiable reason. That's clearly not the case. Check the facts first, please.
When the Nikon Coolpix series came along, and broke the 1 megapixel boundary, I got back into shooting stills (after diverting into the video realm for a while). I've now gone through six Coolpix cameras, and just recently graduated to the Canon Digital Rebel D-SLR 6-megapixel camera. Amazing stuff.
I have 27000 pictures on my web site, and take about 100 more a day. Yes, most of them could be considered crap, but thanks to the fact that I'm taking a lot of them, I'm learning what works and doesn't work, and using that feedback to do better, all the time. My friends used to joke at how many "clouds and food" pictures there were on my site, but the fact is that those gave me a lot of practice on taking big nature things and small stuff in front of me.
Digital film. The only way to practice. Shoot early. Shoot often.
Maybe all you need is a subliminal auditory track. Then you can just put "4" just outside perception, and see how many golfers duck.
They'll call it the "seg-trike".
That's a useful trick when you want "similars". Just tell google to search for "link:http://www.samplenet.co.uk/", and then stare down the titles looking for "links to other $foo sites".
That would be false, by the way. As many of the "hit and run" comments often are, especially posted by Anonymous Cowards.
That'd be a useless use of cat. Simple "strings < filename" would work. Probably don't even need the <.