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Why it's impossible to become a programming expert
The pace of change in the technology industry has made it nearly impossible to specialize in much or become an expert in anything. I started cluing in on this a few years ago when I was reading a lot about Lisp, but I simply didn't have time to try it...
Tags: .Net, C, C#, Development Tools, Expert Programmer, Java, Justin James, Namespace, Perl, Programmer, Programming, Programming Languages, Scripting Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development
Blog posts 2008-05-27
Find and fix weak OpenSSL/OpenSSH keys: Debian-based Linux vulnerability
A recent vulnerability was found in the OpenSSL package as provided by Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, that broke the effectiveness of the OpenSSL PRNG Predictable Random Number Generator. This vulnerability caused OpenSSL to generate weak keys for anything relying on OpenSSL, including SSL certificates, OpenSSH keys,...
Tags: OpenSSL, Linux, Perl, Vulnerability, Debian, OpenSSH, Debian Team, Ssl/Tls, Operating Systems, Open Source, Security, Software, Vincent Danen
Blog posts 2008-05-19
After a period of five years, Perl 5.10 released
After a period of five years, the first major revamp to the Perl scripting language was released -- v5.10. An excerpt from News.com: The new version has some features designed to make programming a notch easier, according to the announcement last week. Among those features is...
Tags: Perl, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-12-26
VBS and Perl
Hi AllWe have a set of .bat files (4 in all) which each delete a file and then call a perl process/script (each 1 of the 4 is different). These processes open in a cmd window. Therefore each time we have to restart these processes, we need to ctrl -...
Tags: Scripting languages, Network administration, Construction, Programming languages, e.v.o.5@..., WMI, Perl
Discussion threads 2007-11-09
Security news roundup: November 6
Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers an escalation of priviledge vulnerability found in the Macrovision driver on Windows, a new release of Apple's QuickTime which fixes seven critical vulnerabilities, and vulnerabilities discovered in Perl and its Regular Expressions library. Escalation of priviledge...
Tags: Perl, Apple QuickTime, Vulnerability, Macrovision Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Security Advisory, Digital Music, Security, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-11-06
The programming paradigm needs an update
The way I view programming is different than it was a week ago due to various factors. First, I have spent a lot of time lately with my head buried in the .NET documentation, and something in the back of my mind said, "If C# is so much more efficient...
Tags: Perl, Compiler, Problem, Code, Fact, SQL, Programmer, Language, Programming, Lisp, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Justin James
Blog posts 2007-10-23
hash of hash's question - perl
Problem: Server that hosts multiple accounts which each has an outside ip that is defined within the rc.conf.local of a BSD machine. Bandwidth statistics are only provided for the full machine via the router and not by ip. Due to having a limit on bandwidth,...
Tags: Network technology, DanLM, Perl, bandwidth, IP
Discussion threads 2007-10-15
How do I... Perform translations with Perl and Babel Fish?
Don't use Translate in a loop!The fish will go mute if you make too many translation requests in quick succession. You will get locked out for a few minutes. If you are doing bulk translation, you are expected to buy the software from Systrans.Better yet, learn to speak...
Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, rbeck@..., Perl
Discussion threads 2007-10-05
How do I... Perform translations with Perl and Babel Fish?
How do I...Real-time online translation services such as AltaVista Babel Fish and Google Translate make it easier for users to translate Web pages into their native languages. These services stimulate information flow and help people of different cultures engage with each other by improving the accessibility of blogs, newsgroups, and...
Tags: Perl, BabelFish, Script, Language, Service, Error, WWW::Babelfish, Maurice, Language Destination, Destination Language, Scripting Languages, Tools & Techniques, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Servers, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Management, Software Development, Hardware, Melonfire
Blog posts 2007-10-04
A dirge for CPAN
On my way out the door tonight, I stopped to briefly speak with a coworker. I noticed that he was perusing CPAN. For those who are not familiar with it, CPAN is the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, the collection of Perl libraries. As far as I know, no one has...
Tags: Perl, Microsoft Corp., Site, CPAN, Perl CPAN, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Justin James
Blog posts 2007-09-17
Is SLOC a valid measure of quality or efficiency?
Yesterday I sat down to start work on a small project. Now, when I say small, it generally means less than 2,000 source lines of code SLOC. For some people, that is huge -- for other people, that is barely on the radar. I find it interesting that, since I...
Tags: Perl, Programmer, Justin James
Blog posts 2007-09-10
Monitor connectivity with SmokePing, part 2
Following on from my post earlier this week, I’m going to show you how to install and configure SmokePing. I've already covered some of the reasons you may want to have a monitoring system such as SmokePing and laid the groundwork for it by installing RRDtool, SpeedyCGI, and FPing. ...
Tags: Directory, Monitor, Perl, Apache Software Foundation, SmokePing, GW1, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Open Source, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Justin Fielding
Blog posts 2007-09-08
Creating XHTML with PERL
If I had the following task, and I wanted a static web site not dynamic, can Perl be used to accomplish the task or is there something better?I have a web site. I have an XHTML template for an index.html file with a navication bar and a content...
Tags: Web site development, Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, Web technology, harlananelson@..., navigation bar, Perl, sub directory, Web site, Web, XHTML
Discussion threads 2007-09-08
How do I... Convert Perl's POD to HTML?
One of the nicer things about Perl is its Plain Old Documentation POD format for code documentation. This format provides a framework for code explanation and formatting, using friendly and intuitive directives to make code documentation a relatively painless process.CPAN's wide array of POD manipulation tools allow you to parse...
Tags: HTML, Perl, Module, Melonfire
Blog posts 2007-08-10
How do I... Convert Perl's POD to HTML?
podchecker pod2htmlpodchecker and pod2html are simple utilities that ship with Perl and do the same thing more simply.
Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, trbmn@..., Perl, HTML
Discussion threads 2007-08-10
Create useful relevant JavaScript documentation with JSDoc
This blog post is also available as a TechRepublic PDF download.Whatever the reason, not documenting an application is never a good thing, even if it is usually something of a chore. This is especially true when given the task of documenting client-side JavaScript, which is usually considered something of an...
Tags: Javascript, Documentation, Application Development
Blog posts 2007-07-26
Perl HP-UX
Hi,I need help with some Perl scripting.I need to perform diskspace cleanup. I have :A text file containing file to be deleted e.g. File1 File2 ...
Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, HP-UX, kleeusmale@..., File2 & File3, Perl
Discussion threads 2007-07-11
Anyone know of a cpan module for Perl and threading?
Here is my problem. I am rewriting a security log parsing routine. When I encounter intrusion attempts, after firewalling the ip's I want to send an notification email. This script is quick except for the email part and that is just because it is sendmail. So what...
Tags: E-mail, Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, DanLM, Perl
Discussion threads 2007-07-07
Execute perl script on remote linux machine
I have many linux machine s connected in a network. Now I want ot create a perl script thich will ping all the machines in a network and if the remote machine is alive then it will invokerun another perl script residing on that alive remote linux machine. In what...
Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, isha.dalwadi@..., perl script, Perl, linux machine, Linux
Discussion threads 2007-06-29
database connectivity for mysql and perl on suse linux 9.0
i am trying to connect mysql database through perl as front end in suse linux enterprise 9.0but getting the error "can't find dbd/odbc.pm in @INC"if anyone has any knowledge about this plz tell me. i need to finish the assignment by friday 29-6-07.
Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, Development tools, Databases, meet_dipali@..., Perl, MySQL, database, Linux
Discussion threads 2007-06-27


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