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The Perl Journal

Volumes 1–6 (1996–2002)

Code tarballs available for issues 1–21.

I reformatted the CD-ROM contents. Some things may still be a little wonky — oh, why hello there <FONT> tag. Syntax highlighting is iffy. Please report any glaring issues.

The Perl Journal
#7
Fall 1997
vol 2
num 3
Just the FAQs: Short Circuits
&& and || or and and or, and chomp() and LABELs.
Win32 Perl
Perl for Windows.
Infinite Lists
A new construct that can manipulate endless data streams.
Perl/Tk: Binding Basics
Associating actions with events.
Perl News
What's new in the Perl community.
Perfect Programming
A collection of tips for the paranoid programmer.
A Perl in the Oil Patch
Of salt and sysread().
WebPluck
Amassing a personalized newspaper from the web.
MakeMaker: Doing More While Doing Less
How to prepare your modules for maximum portability.
Obfuscated Perl Contest - The Winners
A frightening display of cryptic virtuosity.
The Perl Journal One-Liners
(1997) The Perl Journal One-Liners. The Perl Journal, vol 2(3), issue #7, Fall 1997.

The Perl Journal One-Liners


TPJ One-Liner #1

Adding a long list of numbers on the command line:


perl -e ’print eval join("+", @ARGV)’ 6 10 20 11
9 16 17 28 100 33333 14 -7

TPJ One-Liner #2

A cheap alarm clock:


perl -e ’sleep(120); while (1) { print "\a" }’

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