May 2011 Archives

The State Transition Table for Graph::Easy

Hi Folks

Interested parties can peruse STT for details.

Cheers

A note re Set::FA

Hi Folks

OK. I've released Set::FA V 1.00 to CPAN. The code passes the same tests as the previous version, V 0.101.

The docs have been re-written from scratch, for both Set::FA and Set::FA::Element.

There have been many changes due to the fact the code no longer does direct access to an internal hash, but uses getters and setters. I have not changed any of Mark Rogaski's code which implements the logic of the modules, I've only made it work in a new OO environment.

Also, I've dropped support for Log::Agent, and provided a parameter to new() called logger, so yo…

A note re Set::FA::Element

Hi Folks

Mark Rogaski, the author of Set::FA has kindly given me co-maint, so I can make some changes.

This post really concerns Set::FA::Element, which is what I'm using for the unreleased Graph::Easy::Marpa::Lexer module. The latter module is working (at home) on simple graphs.

Firstly, I'd like to add a method to return what's captured. This simplest patch is to change line 102 from:

my $regex = qr{$rule}; # precompile regex

to:

my $regex = qr{($rule)}; # precompile regex

I.…

Look away Now: Java questions (Debian/Perl)

Hi Folks

I'm going to use The State Machine Compiler (SMC to generate some Perl modules.

The docs say I need the "javac", "java" and "jar" executables.

My machine runs Debian stable 6.0.1. java is in the path. The question is:
What do I need to install to get javac and jar?

TIA.

Seeking: Module to plot Perl class hierarchy

Hi Folks

The Subject says it all. I tried a number of CPAN searches, but couldn't see anything.

Cheers
Ron

POD to the left of me, POD to the right of me...

Hi Folks

I've finally added POD to the 21 modules of Business::Cart::Generic which were missing it.

Cheers
Ron

Heads Up: Functions in CSS

Hi Folks

At the very least, this is worth reading up on: Less CSS.

The less refers to factoring out common logic.

Cheers
Ron

Resilience of the Internet Interconnection Ecosystem

Hi Folks

The title of this blog is a copy of the title of this article:
http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2011/04/12/resilience-of-the-internet-interconnection-ecosystem/

On the hosting web site http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/ you'll find an on-going series of fascinating articles.

Cheers
Ron

About Ron Savage

user-pic 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...