[26910] in Perl-Users-Digest
Perl-Users Digest, Issue: 8893 Volume: 10
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Sat Jan 28 00:05:23 2006
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:05:04 -0800 (PST)
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Perl-Users Digest Fri, 27 Jan 2006 Volume: 10 Number: 8893
Today's topics:
Q: Is the Perl CGI_MetaFAQ still being maintained? <ron@savage.net.au>
Re: [IDE] - The Dynamic Opportunity - ActiveState Komod <ilias@lazaridis.com>
Free templates (Paul)
Re: protect perl script from spammers <notelling@anyone.com>
Re: string manipulation <tadmc@augustmail.com>
Re: XSUB callback <sisyphus1@nomail.afraid.org>
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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:13:32 +1100
From: Ron Savage <ron@savage.net.au>
Subject: Q: Is the Perl CGI_MetaFAQ still being maintained?
Message-Id: <2006128111332.253737@ron>
Hi Folks
I've found a 2001 version at
http://www.perl.org/CGI_MetaFAQ.html
and links found by Google seem to all end up at the same place.
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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 05:44:08 +0200
From: Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@lazaridis.com>
Subject: Re: [IDE] - The Dynamic Opportunity - ActiveState Komodo IDE / Open Source
Message-Id: <drepa3$g1g$1@usenet.otenet.gr>
Matt Garrish wrote:
> "Ilias Lazaridis" <ilias@lazaridis.com> wrote in message
> news:drbmep$b19$1@usenet.otenet.gr...
[...]
>>*Suggestions:*
>>
>>Near Future:
>> *Open* Source the Komodo IDE.
>>
>>Immediately:
>> *Free* the Personal Edition for non-commercial use (now $29,95 ).
>
>
>>This would be a gentle contribution to the open source dynamic
>>languages, which are a foundation for the ActiveStates business.
>
> So, in other words, you just don't want to pay for an IDE?
It's not about me personally.
> I have no problem
> with them charging for it, since it's neither essential nor necessary for
> developing in any of the languages it supports.
Of course.
> And if those sales translate
> into their survival and continued support of the open-source languages you
> take for granted, then maybe they should up the price.
They don't need to do so.
A free personal edition will spread the IDE around.
More users will update to the commercial version.
"
*Weakness*
* Komodo Free Edition Not Available
o Could have e.g. negative influence on Open-Source-Communities
o Reduces distribution
*Suggestion*
a) Initial Step: ActiveState should make the Komodo personal edition
"free of charge".
*Commercial* users still need to upgrade to the *professional* version
for a license fee.
*Benefit*
This would most possibly lead to *spreading* the IDE *widely* within the
dynamic language communities and would attract users which look for a
free IDE (which partially will update to the professional version).
A free edition would *simplify* the *download* procedure drastically. A
link "get the free personal edition" from the main page would be enough.
No license-key required. Quick, Easy and no hassle - get an IDE for 5
dynamic languages.
"
http://lazaridis.com/samples/com/ActiveState/product.html
.
--
http://lazaridis.com
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 06 22:12:44 GMT
From: Paul@hemingwayshop.org(Paul)
Subject: Free templates
Message-Id: <0601272212442016@pomoranche.gu.net>
I just got back working on my website. Its taken a long time to finish but I am getting there.
I got great templates for free at the link below.
http://www.providerwebhosting.org they also have tons of free scripts.
Have to keep working on it ill let you all know how im doing.
Paul
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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:33:00 +0800
From: "mehere" <notelling@anyone.com>
Subject: Re: protect perl script from spammers
Message-Id: <43dad7d6$1@quokka.wn.com.au>
"Daniel Kaplan" <NoSPam@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:1135446420.618892@nntp.acecape.com...
> "Matt Garrish" <matthew.garrish@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:ZEUqf.2674$1Y4.304857@news20.bellglobal.com...
>
>> Herd mentality does not make things right. I read what was being
>> discussed not as good/bad, but as inconvenience to the user, which is
>> what any captcha is.
>>
>> They also only make it more difficult to abuse a site, not impossible.
>> With a bit of brain power and a little time (or a really good OCR
>> program) you could write a program to take the graphic and determine the
>> code. It probably won't always work (hence the design premise of
>> captchas), but even 1/100 are good odds for spammers.
>
>
> Totally agree, and while the original poster has not replied again (nor
> posted in the proper forum,), just wanted to leave last bit of advice as
> in the path I chose, if it helps:
>
... snip
Yes OP - being me - did not reply as have not been here for a liitle while
also as per the first reply I was politely told wrong forum and had not yet
got around to reposting in 'correct' forum.
Thanks
Greg
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:49:58 -0600
From: Tad McClellan <tadmc@augustmail.com>
Subject: Re: string manipulation
Message-Id: <slrndtl8sm.ood.tadmc@magna.augustmail.com>
a <a@mail.com> wrote:
> How can I check the last character is a / or not?
print "last is a slash\n" if substr($path, -1) eq '/';
--
Tad McClellan SGML consulting
tadmc@augustmail.com Perl programming
Fort Worth, Texas
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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:56:16 +1100
From: "Sisyphus" <sisyphus1@nomail.afraid.org>
Subject: Re: XSUB callback
Message-Id: <43dab3ae$0$30209$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>
"Ferry Bolhar" <bol@adv.magwien.gv.at> wrote in message
news:1138379440.692748@proxy.dienste.wien.at...
> Hi @ all perl folk here,
>
> On a OpenVMS system with Perl 5.8.6, there are some routines in a sharable
> image (well, perhaps here better known as 'libxxx.so', isn't it? ;-), I
have
> to made available from Perl which. I think this can be done by writing a
> wrapper using the well-known XS stuff (h2xs, xsubpp & others).
One of the "others" is Inline::C. Check it out (including the Cookbook that
comes with it).
For the more traditional XS approach start with 'perldoc perlxstut'.
>
> However, one of these routines, when called, performs some action and then
> calls back a user-supplied routine, passing this routine the address of a
> structure which contains many data the routine can examine and - in some
> cases - change in addition. The structure also provides the addresses of
> further routines which the callback may invoke to perform additional
> operations. The structure exists for the live time of the callback routine
> only and its contents is processed further once the callback has
terminated.
>
> Hm. In Perl terms, I think, the callback is a perl function and the
> "structure" can be expresses as a reference blessed into a package which
> provides the corresponding attributes and methods. I havn't however,
found,
> any ways to implement a callback mechanism with XS. So my question: does
> someone know here how to accomplish this. I would very appreciate some
code
> examples.
>
Can't quite follow the description .... but try 'perldoc perlcall' (which
contains some excellent examples) and see if that has anything to offer you.
Cheers,
Rob
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