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This is the Perl Newsletter, a biweekly (or so) romp through
the wonderful world of Perl as seen through the lens of Perl.com.
(Hey, everyone needs an angle.)
* Perl News in Brief
Stas Bekman announced the release of Practical mod_perl (written
by Stas and Eric Cholet) under the Attribution Share-Alike License:
http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/17/0929203&tid=29
Andy Lester, Perl QA fiend and Phalanx project leader, solicits
your input on making a new version of the Phalanx 100:
http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/21/0534201&tid=5
What's Phalanx? It's a project to improve the tests of the
100 most important non-core modules on the CPAN.
Also, Mark-Jason Dominus (Perl.com editor emeritus and all-around
clever fellow) pointed out that Perl turned 17 on December 18.
Happy birthday!
* Perl.com Articles
Almost everyone who does web programming with Perl loves mod_perl.
Where's mod_perl6 though? Thanks to the hard work of various
people over the years, it's closer than ever before. Kevin
Falcone's "Introducing mod_parrot" explains the latest combination
of the Parrot virtual machine with Apache httpd to allow
enterprising hackers to extend Apache from Parrot or any language
targeting Parrot. Want example code? It's there:
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/12/22/mod_parrot.html
Speaking of testing (see the news one item previous), Perl Test
Kata #2 has mysteriously appeared. This month's exercise tackles
the tricky torture of testing module import() mechanisms. Take
a few minutes to try the tests on your own, and then browse
through potential solutions to find what fits in your particular
toolbox:
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/12/16/import_kata.html
* Conclusion
That's it for today. Keep your browser primed for the second
installment in Geoff Broadwell's "Building a 3D Engine in Perl"
series where you'll read:
At this point, my editor likely just sprayed his screen with
whatever he's drinking...
It was ice water,
-- c
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*** Featured Articles ***
Introducing mod_parrot
mod_perl marries Perl 5 with the Apache web server. What's the
plan for Perl 6? mod_parrot--and it may also be base for any
language hosted on the Parrot virtual machine. After a brief
hiatus, Jeff Horwitz recently resurrected the mod_parrot progress.
Here's the current state, what works, and how to play with it
on your own.
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/12/22/mod_parrot.html
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Perl Code Kata: Testing Imports
Persistently practicing good programming will make you a better
programmer. It can be difficult to find small tasks to practice,
though. Fear not! Here's a 30-minute exercise to improve your
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and exporting.
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/12/16/import_kata.html
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