Ron Savage
- Website: savage.net.au/
- About: I try to write all code in Perl, but find I end up writing in bash, CSS, HTML, JS, and SQL, and doing database design, just to get anything done...
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Posted ANNOUNCE: Various updated wikis, including Perl.Wiki to Ron Savage
Get them from My Wiki Haven and Symboliciq.au. Details:
- Perl.Wiki V 1.35
- Mojolicious Wiki V 1.10
- Debian Wiki V 1.11
- (New) PHP Wiki V 1.01
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Posted Wiki Haven: Digital.Security V 1.20, Mojolicious V 1.09, Perl V 1.34 to Ron Savage
Get them from the usual place.
And no, I have still not had time to update CPAN::MetaCustodian so that it properly parses these wikis. But that time is approaching...
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Posted ANNOUNCE: Perl.Wiki V 1.33 & Mojolicious.Wiki V 1.08 to Ron Savage
Get at the usual place...
Yes, folks. I'm 75, much to my horror and astonishment.
It was an exhausting process, but I'll settled in now. And still programming!
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Posted ANNOUNCE: Wikis: Perl V 1.32 & Debian V 1.10 & Mojo V 1.07 to Ron Savage
Available from the Wiki Haven.
I have still not had time to update CPAN::MetaCustodian, so it does not yet work correctly with the latest version of Perl.Wiki.html. -
Posted A Quiz about Operator Priorities to Ron Savage
use 5.36.0;
# ------------------------------------------------
say 'Does priority say we print 2b or ! 2b?';
my($action_types) = qr/PAYMENT|SETTLEMENT|TRANSFER/o;
say "Action types: $action_types";
for my $action (qw/PAYMENT REF…
- Posted Updated wikis: Perl, Mojolicious, CSS and JS, Debian and Digital Security to Ron Savage
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Commented on Sydney August Meeting!
Friday 23rd May 2025! Time travel! Gotta love Perl!...
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Posted ANN: Perl.Wiki V 1.29. jsTree version V 1.00. CPAN::MetaCurator V 1.00 to Ron Savage
Remember to click 'Continue Reading' or whatever.
You can download Perl Wiki V 1.29.
And you can play with the jsTree version V 1.00.
Also the correspon…
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Posted Moving house & automating Perl.Wiki updates to Ron Savage
Remember! Click Continue Reading to see all the text.
I am selling my villa unit and downsizing, probably in a month or so.
There may be a period when I am off-line.
In Australia villa unit means (usually) a stand-alone building in a small block of units.
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Commented on Announce: Perl Wiki V 1.26
Hi Sorry for the delay in replying. And this reply is directed to both of you who commented on my post. a: Saif. Thanx for the compliment. b: davebaker. One thing frustrating about blogs.perl.org is that it can hide part...
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Posted Announce: Perl Wiki V 1.26 to Ron Savage
Here we go: Download me
Changes for this version:
o V 1.26:
- 2025-05-02
- Add para AiEngines containing Langertha
- Add Alien::Build, Alien::cmake3, App::Module::Lister, B, Blessed::Merge, Caller::Reverse, Cla… -
Posted Tree::DAG_Node V 1.34 uploaded to CPAN to Ron Savage
Many thanx to Shawn Laffan for testing this version on Strawberry Perl.
I test it on my Debian machine first of course.
It took Shawn and myself a number of attempts to make all the test pass under the 2 types of OSes.
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Posted Announce Perl.Wiki.html V 1.25 etc to Ron Savage
My home page gives you access to:
o Perl TiddlyWiki V 1.25
o Mojolicious TiddlyWiki V 1.03
o Debian TiddlyWiki V 1.07
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Posted Announce Perl.Wiki.html V 1.24 to Ron Savage
Cheers
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Posted Announce Perl.Wiki.html V 1.23 to Ron Savage
Available now: Perl.Wiki.html V 1.23.
As from today, when I announce a new version of one of my TiddlyWikis, I'll list the 2 most recent parts of the change log. These are just copies of the most recent parts of the para called Version…
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Commented on Announce Perl.Wiki.html V 1.22
Hi Yes, you are correct. I've just uploaded V 1.23. The link is now Perl.Wiki.html V 1.23. How is it useful? In short, there are perhaps 35,000 modules on MetaCPAN, so I think a quick guide is in order. I...
- Posted Announce Perl.Wiki.html V 1.22 to Ron Savage
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Posted Updated Wikis: Debian V 1.05, Mojolicious V 1.02, Perl 1.21 to Ron Savage
Simplest is if you go to my homepage and follow the links to my Debian and Perl pages.
Note: The Debian and Mojolicious updates are minor, but a lot of changes are in the Perl wiki.
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Posted Update TiddlyWikis to Ron Savage
The Perl wiki has been renamed from Perl.html - which was too generic - to Perl.Wiki.html:
The Mojolicious wiki is at:
https://savage.net.au/misc/Mojolicious.Wiki.htmlThe Debian wiki is at:
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Posted Perl wiki updated, 4 other wikis uploaded - Take 4 to Ron Savage
Hi All
Why aren't my links appearing....
Note: The first 3 links point to my personal page: http://savage.net.au
The Perl wiki has been renamed from Perl.html - which was too generic - to Perl.Wiki.html:
https://savage.net.au/misc/Perl.Wiki.htmlThe Mojoliciou…
- Posted Perl wiki updated, 4 other wikis uploaded - Take 2 to Ron Savage
- Posted Updated, curated, Perl module TiddlyWiki to Ron Savage
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Commented on Curated list of Perl modules
Fixed. All new uploads of my Perl.html TiddlyWiki will be as requested. Thanx. It's now obvious I put your module in the wrong category. I've also copied a para called TiddlyWikis from another in my collection, which briefly explains TiddlyWikis...
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Posted Curated list of Perl modules to Ron Savage
See Perl.html
It's an example of the fabulous TiddlyWiki (tiddlywiki.com), so it's about 230,000 bytes.
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Posted Config::Tiny V 2.30 supports keys with arrays as values to Ron Savage
Yes, it's true. Config::Tiny now allows you to assign an array of values to a key.
Various examples are documented there and in test files. Sample usage:[section]
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Commented on The benefits of change, from an amateur's objective perspective.
FYI: It's taken me a few days to get back to you, but here is my curated list of Perl 5 modules I find interesting: My TiddlyWiki of Perl modules...
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Posted Railroad diagrams for SQL 2003 and SQL 2016 to Ron Savage
On github at https://github.com/ronsavage/SQL you will find a repo of SQL stuff created by Jonathan Leffler.
I recently added some files for SQL 2003 and SQL 2016, created by Domingo Alvarez Duarte.
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Posted News regarding GraphViz2 to Ron Savage
Ed J has taken over maintenance of my suite of GraphViz2 modules.
The first change has been to split it into multiple distros, so that anyone using just GraphViz2 will have a much smaller download and only 6 pre-reqs.
Another change is to rework the decision, which I copied from th…
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Posted Keyhole surgery 100% successful to Ron Savage
On Match 20th I had keyhole surgery to repair the aortic arch.
The lining had peeled off the wall. This happens when the lining develops a tear due to (in my case) childhood and later stress.…
- Posted Long time no see to Ron Savage
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Ether commented on
Starting to use File::ShareDir
The right thing to do here is use Test::File::ShareDir from your tests, which does the right thing with your @INC so the local share directory can be found:
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use Test::File::ShareDir -share => { -dist => { 'My-Dist-Name' => 'share' } };
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jrw32982 commented on
Perl in a Business Application
Interesting read. I enjoyed the line "And then it struct me!" right after the discussion of objects and object systems. :-)
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Philip Sharman commented on
Curated list of Perl modules
This is very helpful. Thanks!
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vadrer1 commented on
Announce Perl.Wiki.html V 1.22
looks interesting, will have a closer look :)
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Dean commented on
Sydney August Meeting!
Thanks for pointing out the typo. Lets pretend it was just MM-DD-YYYY date formats
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