LWN interviews the incomparable Larry Wall. I try very hard to never miss a Larry Wall interview, although this one seemed a bit more by the numbers than most of them.
Perhaps it’s Perl day here at rc3.org. I’m working on a Web application as a favor to someone, and I’m writing the whole thing in Perl, which is a nice change from the Java I’m writing at my day job. It’s nice to get myself back in a Perl frame of mind again. Unfortunately, I’m trying to apply some of the concepts I’ve learned programming Java back to my previously hackerish Perl programming style with limited success. I really just need to dig into the object-oriented Perl stuff, but I’ve been in a hurry to get code written and haven’t done so yet. Anyway, A Beginner’s Introduction to POE looks helpful. I won’t be using POE itself, but some of the design concepts might be useful.
Working to address the global shortage of IT workers, Cisco is educating thousands of people around the world in network engineering. This program is incredibly farsighted and a great example of how businesses can work to improve their own bottom line and also create positive global change if they’re creative.