OSCON 2006 - Perl programming vs. scripting

[usenet]

This may be a little bit OT, and probably a long shot...

I attended the Lightning Talks session of OSCON 2006 (in July). My
memory is a little fuzzy...

A well-known Perl guru (I think it might have been Peter Scott) did a
brief presentation encouraging folks to describe of Perl as a
programming language rather than a scripting language. He used a whole
slew of examples to show why (closures, methods, etc).

Now, months later, I'm interested in getting a copy of that
presentation. I don't suppose anybody here would know where I might
get it?

Thanks!

 

[Peter Scott]

This may be a little bit OT, and probably a long shot...

I attended the Lightning Talks session of OSCON 2006 (in July). My
memory is a little fuzzy...

A well-known Perl guru (I think it might have been Peter Scott) did a
brief presentation encouraging folks to describe of Perl as a
programming language rather than a scripting language. He used a whole
slew of examples to show why (closures, methods, etc).

Now, months later, I'm interested in getting a copy of that
presentation. I don't suppose anybody here would know where I might
get it?

Sorry, no, it wasn't me. I believe you want Uri Guttman.

 

[Uri Guttman]

PS> Sorry, no, it wasn't me. I believe you want Uri Guttman.

'twasn't me! my lightning talk was on the precursor to
Template::Simple. and the OP knows me directly anyhow.

best to ask the lightning moderator (mjd or geoff avery) for a list of
the talks for that oscon. i vaguely recall a talk that was about calling
perl a programming lang and not a scripting one. it wouldn't be too hard
to just whip up a few points like that, especially using any shell as a
baseline to compare against.

uri

 

[brian d foy]

A well-known Perl guru (I think it might have been Peter Scott) did a
brief presentation encouraging folks to describe of Perl as a
programming language rather than a scripting language. He used a whole
slew of examples to show why (closures, methods, etc).

Andy Lester has been talking about that lately, and that's where I
heard it. I went through my latest book and changed almost every
"script" to "program"

 

[John Bokma]

Andy Lester has been talking about that lately, and that's where I
heard it. I went through my latest book and changed almost every
"script" to "program"

Yup, I try to use more and more program on my website instead of script as
well. I advertise myself as a Perl programmer, not Perl scripter (which
sounds more to me like I work for the movies industry anyway).

BTW, what kind of book. And if you need a reviewer...

 

[Dominique Dumont]

Yup, I try to use more and more program on my website instead of script as
well. I advertise myself as a Perl programmer, not Perl scripter (which
sounds more to me like I work for the movies industry anyway).

I wonder if the computer industry has Perl script doctors ... ;-)

 

[usenet]

I wonder if the computer industry has Perl script doctors ... ;-)

Just medics. http://tinyurl.com/y476fj

 

[brian d foy]

I think it is the next in the Perl "learning" series. I could be wrong.
brian is doing so many things it is hard to keep up. : )

Oh, I think I was talking about Mastering Perl:

http://www.pair.com/comdog/mastering_perl/