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Perl is a stable, cross platform programming language. It is used for mission critical projects in the public and private sectors. Perl is Open Source software, licensed under its Artistic License, or the GNU General Public License (GPL). Perl was created by Larry Wall.

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Chat! Perl Board: Posts =  12 Threads =  6 Unanswered =  0 Topics =  1

Research! Perl KB: Articles =  5 10 Min Starts =  1 Code =  21

Translate! To/From Code: Topics =  38 Code =  660

	Title	Type	Topic
37 Hits	Mike Prestwood 1. Perl Constants (use constant) In PHP, you declare constants using the define key... 7/15/2010, 10:36:59 AM	Code	Perl
890 Hits	Mike Prestwood 2. Perl Variables ($x = 0;) Perl is a loosely typed language with only three types of variables: scalars, arrays, and hashes. Us... 11/13/2008, 1:03:03 PM	Code KB Post	Beginners Corner

	Thread Starter	Replies	Last Post	Topic
1659 Hits	kmsvge How to flow Diagram an existing Perl script i want a tool for perl script for reengineering. Specifically, how to flow ...	2	mprestwood  RE: How to ... Are you talking about creating a flow chart? If so, I currently use Visio and would recommend it. I... 6/20/2008	Perl
1161 Hits	Aurora perl 5.8 kernel 2.40.19 Does anyone know what syntax to fork() in perl is? perl 5.8 kernel 2.40.19	1	adamlum  Re: perl 5.... my $pid = fork(); The parent's $pid will contain the process ID of the child, the child's $pid will... 1/11/2007	Perl
762 Hits	Donnaa5dcp easy one about forms..... Ive followed the instructions at namehog.net: http://www.namehog.net/support/formemail.htm to put a form on my webpage. But it doesnt work. I get this error message....could anyone help?? CGIWrap e...	0	New! 7/20/2002	Perl
1011 Hits	Insanity Chat kick option I need to add a kick option to a chat program I am making.I was wondering how can you get the server to read from a list box (ban list) or how I could close a s...	1	jdschram  Re: Chat ki... Here is an example of what I would do using ASP, it may not be exactly what you want but the methodo... 6/25/2002	Perl

	Thread Starter	Replies	Last Post	Topic
762 Hits	Donnaa5dcp easy one about forms..... Ive followed the instructions at namehog.net: http://www.namehog.net/support/formemail.htm to put a form on my webpage. But it doesnt work. I get this error message....could anyone help?? CGIWrap e...	0	New! 7/20/2002	Perl
645 Hits	Bbouch unlink the unkown I want to be able to delete all the files in a given directory: Currently I am trying to use the unlink funtion to "unlink *" in the directory. The actual code looks like this: unlink ("/sasdata/$E...	0	New! 6/20/2001	Perl

		KB Article	KB Topic
108 Hits	Code	Mike Prestwood 1. Perl Constants (use constant) 7/15/2010	Perl
792 Hits	Code	Mike Prestwood 2. Perl Deployment Overview With Perl, you simply copy your files to a web server that is capable of running Perl pages. 3/11/2009	Beginners Corner
752 Hits	Code	Mike Prestwood 3. Perl Logical Operators Languages Focus: Logical Operators Logical operators perform conditional and, 2/11/2009	Beginners Corner
706 Hits	Code	Mike Prestwood 4. Perl Assignment (=) Languages Focus: Assignment Common assignment operators for languages include =, ==, and... 2/11/2009	Perl