20 years in Perl
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This document lists 20 pieces of advice over Perl's 20 year history, including warnings such as "don't get involved in a land war in Asia" and tips like "make spreadsheets" with Spreadsheet::WriteExcel and "make tools" with modules like Test::More and CPAN. It highlights some of Perl's milestones from 1997-2009 like the creation of NY.pm and the first YAPC conference.
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- 24. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl 5. don’t tell anyone you finished
- 31. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl 10. Never get involved in a land war in Asia
- 32. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl 10. stay out of academia
- 43. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl my %elements = map { state $n = 0; $n++; $_ => $n, $n => $_ } qw( H He Li Be B C N O F Ne Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe Cs Ba La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn Fr Ra Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr Rf Ha Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og );
- 50. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl 15. Never get involved in a land war in Asia
- 51. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl 15. don’t have drinking contests with London.pm
- 70. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl got involved in a land war in Asia
- 75. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl 18. Never get involved in a land war in Asia
- 77. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl brian’s Guide to Solving Any Perl Problem
- 83. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl 19. Never get involved in a land war in Asia
- 84. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl 19. Don’t volunteer to organize YAPC
- 87. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl 20. Never get involved in a land war in Asia
- 88. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl 20. Don’t get involved with a Perl 6 book
- 101. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl 20++. Never get involved in a land war in Asia
- 102. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl 20++. Don’t write a Perl blog engine
- 122. ThePerlReview•www.theperlreview.com 20YearsofPerl Resources • http://cpan.io/ref/cpan/history.html • http://history.perl.org • http://www252.pair.com/~comdog/ • https://www.slideshare.net/brian_d_foy