Category: Tech
Perl history and plans for the Parrot next-generation interpreter
13 February 2003
Change can be scary, especially for those who have grown accustomed to the status quo over a period of several years. And in the programming…
Perl history: A look at the plans for Perl 6 evolving from Perl 5
12 February 2003
Perl is somewhat unique among programming languages, largely because its inventor, Larry Wall, wanted his creation to resemble a natural language. For the most part,…
What Python Can Do for the Enterprise
3 February 2003
With all the attention focused on Java and C#, companies may be missing out on a programming language that might be better suited to their…
Nuclear winter? More like global warming
19 November 2002
Is mainstream acceptance for Open Source a “nuclear winter” for the software industry? I certainly hope so. Some argue that Open Source and Free Software…