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From work chat: “ie, perl-ish. which is a bit like elv-ish. amazingly powerful, but say it wrong and you’re a toad” #perl

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@fwiles @ericflo @alex_gaynor there isn’t much in Perl I miss in Python. unless, I often do. “unless <turn it off> then do this” #perlthon

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someone tell me why python arrays don’t have shift and unshift again? #perlwins

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Even with Term::ReadLine installed, i can’t get perldb to enable history arrows. help! #perl

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I really hate XML::LibXML. Opaque piece of crap. #perl #xml #diediedie

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Wow. Wrote some brain-hurting perl code in an entirely new domain today. Got some excellent help from #perl on #freenode. You guys rock.

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has anyone implemented #salmon’s magic signatures in #perl?

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OH: “still had to monkeypatch a method for that project. when i first started, monkeypatching felt like magic. now i just feel dirty.” #perl

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I ported @t’s new base 60 code (from cassis) to perl: http://github.com/sivy/NewBase60 #diso #perl

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Test-Driven Learning: http://bit.ly/d9pzbw #perl #testing #tdl

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@apgwoz “Perl is the Beginning and the End.” First lang I deployed something “real” in, and the one I use now. #perl

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thanks to @miyagawa for his gracious help with perlbrew and cpanminus. @sixapart has some awesome folks. @miyagawa is a rock star. #perl

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The move to Snow Leopard continues to keep my days “interesting”. Like that Chinese curse. #perl #mysql

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use your own perl and ARCH_FLAGS to run 64bit perl, mysql, and DBD: an update. http://bit.ly/bAwahZ #perl #mindyourbitness #osx

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I wonder why Apple gave us selectable perls in 10.6? I’m grateful they did though. http://bit.ly/bnGevw #perl #osx #dbd

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learning way more than I intended about how macports works. #macports #perl #dbi #whygodwhy

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demoing mt-mode at work today http://bit.ly/bXR77o #emacs #movabletype #perl

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mt-mode updated: http://github.com/sivy/sivy-emacs-toys #emacs #movabletype #perl

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