Perl

A detailed walkthrough of these useful predictive programs.

Command Line Heroes explores the meteoric rise of Perl, its fall from the spotlight, and what's next in the programming language's lifecycle.

In the ninth article in this series comparing Perl 5 to Perl 6, learn about the subtle differences in visibility of subroutines and the (gradual) typing core feature.

Trying out Perl to solve a development problem led to a career-transforming love for free and open source software.

In the eighth article in this series comparing Perl 5 to Perl 6, learn about their differences in creating and handling exceptions.

In the seventh article in this series comparing Perl 5 to Perl 6, learn how each handles creating classes or objects.