Tag Archives: perl

Want to know what people want?

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Karl

Well this doesn’t get you exactly there, but László Kozma has a Perl script and some analysis that points you to the top sentences on the Web that start with “How can I” using Google. Fascinating stuff.

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Two comparisons of different programming languages worth reading

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Karl

Normally these kinds of pieces are worthless, but these two recently stood out to me: Dennis M. Ritchie: Five Little Languages and How They Grew: Talk at HOPL* March 19, 2002 Michael Tsai: Perl vs. Python vs. Ruby – distinguished … Continue reading →

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NYTimes on using GeoDjango

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Karl

Nice work NYTimes. Open: Represent: We built Represent with Django, the Python web framework. Although we do most of our work with Ruby on Rails, we chose Django for this project so we could use GeoDjango, an add-on that supports … Continue reading →

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