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I'm a Perl trainer and author. I'm the co-author of Programming Perl, Learning Perl, Intermediate Perl, and Effective Perl Programming, Programming Perl, and the author of Mastering Perl and Learning Perl 6.

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Should question titles be phrased as questions? (A straw poll)
Nov 26, 2008
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Can we import the perlfaq into Stackoverflow?
Oct 1, 2009
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Someone other than OP edits question, then comments that accepted answer is wrong. Is this OK?
Mar 24, 2010
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How do I format Perl's $` variable in Stackoverflow?
Dec 22, 2013
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Where should we add general or topic-specific help pages and guides?
Sep 19, 2010
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On SO - how much do I have to know before I ask a programming question?
Oct 17, 2008
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How do I efficiently generate CPAN links for SO answers?
Jan 24, 2011
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Amazon affiliate links are not inserted into user profiles
May 19, 2010
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Definition of "downstream" and "upstream"
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How can I troubleshoot my Perl CGI script?
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How can I quickly sum all numbers in a file?
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How can I troubleshoot my Perl CGI script?
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In Perl, how can I concisely check if a $variable is defined and contains a non zero length string?

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