Robrt's JournalRobrt's use Perl Journal2006 Conferences- November 20, 2005 If you know about a 2006 perl related conference, please send me an email to robert (the thing that goes here) perl.org and I'll update the perl.org list of events.http://use.perl.org/~Robrt/journal/27659?from=rss Off By One Error- November 4, 2005 I updated the Parrot smokeserver today, and suddenly the output display was horribly garbled. I started taking apart the regular expression, converting it into a x with comments, and suddenly the answer was clear! Someone added a field to the middle of the data set, and didn't increment all the following field id's. (I.e., $7, $8, $8, $9...). Lesson 1: Be careful when inserting to the middle of a set. If you can safely insert at the end, do so. Lesson 2: Don't use the numbered regexp...http://use.perl.org/~Robrt/journal/27439?from=rss Producing Open Source Software- November 4, 2005 I've only read the table of contents and skimmed a few chapters, but Karl Fogel (of CVS and Subversion fame) has written a "must read" book. Producing Open Source Software - How to Run a Successful Free Software Project (read online, Buy buy from Amazon, buy from O'Reilly) is an overview of most aspects of the open source world. He covers everything from Version Control Systems to Hired Guns to Releases and Version Numbering. Karl's been doing open source for years, and has some great...http://use.perl.org/~Robrt/journal/27437?from=rss |