brian d foy

New York City, NY, United States

http://www.pair.com/comdog

I'm a Perl trainer and author. I'm the co-author of Programming Perl, Learning Perl, Intermediate Perl, and Effective Perl Programming, Programming Perl, and the author of Mastering Perl and Learning Perl 6. I'm working on a surprise.

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How can I troubleshoot my Perl CGI script?

perl cgi asked Jan 29, 2010 at 20:43

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32 votes

Does Perl's `(?PARNO)` discard its own named captures when it's done?

regex perl named-captures asked Oct 1, 2013 at 18:31

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28 votes

Can we import the perlfaq into Stackoverflow?

discussion asked Oct 1, 2009 at 21:27

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22 votes

Which situations benefit from Perl's study?

regex perl asked Dec 5, 2011 at 9:52

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20 votes

How can I completely flatten a list (of lists (of lists) ... )

list perl6 flatten raku asked Jan 14, 2017 at 8:27

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19 votes

What is Perl's "standard string comparison order"?

perl unicode sorting collation asked Nov 4, 2009 at 22:55

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19 votes

How do I create then use long Windows paths from Perl?

windows perl long-filenames asked Nov 12, 2009 at 12:21

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18 votes

Can you salvage my negative lookbehind example for commifying numbers?

regex perl lookbehind asked Feb 24, 2010 at 23:22

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17 votes

When should I use Perl's DBIx::Class?

perl dbix-class asked Dec 8, 2015 at 2:22

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Does perl's -i with no argument create a backup file on Cygwin?

perl cygwin asked Jun 17, 2012 at 19:51

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Definition of "downstream" and "upstream"

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Is HTML considered a programming language?

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Should we hire someone who writes C in Perl?

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Should we hire someone who writes C in Perl?

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How can I troubleshoot my Perl CGI script?

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117

How can I quickly sum all numbers in a file?

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In Perl, how can I concisely check if a $variable is defined and contains a non zero length string?

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Tips for keeping Perl memory usage low

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How complex is Perl? Is it easy to learn?

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How can I install a CPAN module into a local directory?

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How did Perl gain a reputation for being a write-only language?

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How can I find the version of an installed Perl module?

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How do I find a user's home directory in Perl?

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Perl Best Practices: What shouldn't I use?

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When should I use the & to call a Perl subroutine?

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Are trailing commas in Perl a bad practice?

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Why are regular expressions such a complicated, cryptic mess?

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How do I profile my Perl programs?

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What's the best way to document Perl code?

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Should I learn/play with Perl 6?

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How can I de-install a Perl module installed via `cpan`?

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What is the best way to slurp a file into a string in Perl?

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How do I replace lines in the middle of a file with Perl?

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How can I convert a string to a number in Perl?

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How can I obfuscate my Perl script to make it difficult to reverse engineer?

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What reasons are there to prefer glob over readdir (or vice-versa) in Perl?

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Should question titles be phrased as questions? (A straw poll)

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How can I combine hashes in Perl?

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How can I check if a key exists in a deep Perl hash?

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How can I install a specific version of a set of Perl modules?

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