Re^2: Hacking Perl (I think)

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Why? Because I would like to learn about the internals of Perl. And what better way to that than hacking the source?! :-)

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Re^3: Hacking Perl (I think) by Logicus (Initiate) on Aug 25, 2011 at 13:11 UTC
I guess for academic curiosity there is no better way, I just find it hard to imagine that there are more than a few dozen people on the planet capable of making any significant improvements to it. Personally I'd quite like to have a look at the source code to perl version 1, just to see where it all started in it's most simplistic form.	[reply]
Re^4: Hacking Perl (I think) by Corion (Patriarch) on Aug 25, 2011 at 13:24 UTC
See http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/tags.	[reply]
Re^4: Hacking Perl (I think) by FunkyMonk (Chancellor) on Aug 25, 2011 at 13:46 UTC
I just find it hard to imagine that there are more than a few dozen people on the planet capable of making any significant improvements to it And there's no reason that AnonyMonk shouldn't try to become the (few dozen+1)th. Perl: perlintro perlretut perldoc Basic debugging checklist Yes, even you can use CPAN PerlMonks: How do I post a question effectively? Markup in the Monastery How do I post a question effectively? I know what I mean. Why don't you? General: How To Ask Questions The Smart Way What every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic To Be Continued...	[reply]
Re^5: Hacking Perl (I think) by Logicus (Initiate) on Aug 26, 2011 at 05:14 UTC
That's true, but surely if He/She has what it takes to be at that level, His/Her talents would be better employed helping out with Perl 6?	[reply]
Re^6: Hacking Perl (I think) by roboticus (Chancellor) on Aug 30, 2011 at 10:10 UTC
Re^7: Hacking Perl (I think) by Logicus (Initiate) on Aug 30, 2011 at 12:44 UTC
Re^4: Hacking Perl (I think) by i5513 (Pilgrim) on Aug 25, 2011 at 14:58 UTC
Seem like there are hundreds of them !	[reply]
Re^5: Hacking Perl (I think) by DrHyde (Prior) on Aug 30, 2011 at 09:58 UTC
Some of those hundreds have only contributed documentation or patches to the bits of the core that are written in perl. Like I have. I'm in that list, but I'm not a perl-core hacker.	[reply]
Re^5: Hacking Perl (I think) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 25, 2011 at 19:25 UTC
Maybe Logicus meant a hundred dozens. There's still 87 to be found!	[reply]

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