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Perl Programming Power!

Sep 17

Posted by Gregory Rushton in Perl | No Comments

I just came across Michael Schwern’s stuff. He’s a persuasive writer! I think he outlines the meat of the problems that I had learning Java, and why I like Perl young frankenstein online it came from outer space dvd download so much.

Why I Am Not A Java Programmer free star trek insurrection “Perl is a concise language, designed to make it quick and easy to turn thought into code. Java is a syntactically simple and consistent language, designed to encourage good style [17] and be easy to embed. Each has their strengths and weaknesses, but people rarely agree on which is which. People are funny that way. Some want to save you from yourself by restricting you. Some want to let you be yourself by removing as many restrictions as possible. Both are fraught with peril. I happen to like the latter peril better.”

Iraqi Chess

Sep 17

Posted by Gregory Rushton in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Well, Mr Bush just can’t play chess with the big boys. Tariq Aziz and Sadam have moved their queen into position, forcing the Bush administration’s knights into a losing position. Maybe he’ll get the point and realize his cowboy mentality is as outdated as he is? I wouldn’t bet on it.

[via the New York Times] U.N. Inspectors Can Return Unconditionally, Iraq Says “This is a tactical step by Iraq in hopes of avoiding strong U.N. Security Council action,” said Scott McClellan, the deputy White House spokesman. “As such, it is a tactic that will fail.” He added: “It is time for the Security Council to act.”

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