This module attempts to transcribe Perl 5 code to Python 3. This will not be successful for all but the simplest code, but it should do most of the legwork. You will probably be left with the ...

Perl versus Python, these two languages have been raising much noise. Both of them are old languages, traced back several decades, aimed at serving different purposes with their features. Contrary to ...

This simple preprocessor handles in-comments include directive. Such include statements that are contained inside comments provide additional level of code organization, above the Perl's require and ...

The former second-class citizens of the programming world have leaped to the fore, changing the face of enterprise software development. With the rise of Web 2.0, scripting languages (also called ...

Recognize Perl's decline as developers shift to modern languages like Python and Ruby. Acknowledge the challenges of maintaining Perl codebases due to poor readability and onboarding difficulties.

Perl, Python, and Ruby modules can ease development for large projects, but Bash is simpler and better for many tasks Last week I talked a bit about how best to protect against the vagaries of human ...

In the older days of open source software, major projects tended to have their Benevolent Dictators For Life who made all the final decisions, and some mature projects still operate that way. Guido ...