Perl Wiki

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To paraphrase something that Larry Wall said about his little Perl creation, I'm going to dare to say about my little Perl Wiki creation. --Eric R. Meyers

What is the sound of The Perl Wiki? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?

Welcome to The Perl Wiki. Please read Perl Wiki:Community Portal and Help:Contents to get started.

If you have any questions or ideas, see the Forum:Index.

Some useful Perl links are collected in Perl online resources.

Leadership[]

Forum:Steering Committee – Got Ideas?

Advocacy[]

Known calls for a Central Perl Wiki:[]

  • 2005 – Randal L. Schwartz advocates starting a Perl Wiki
  • 2006 – Shlomi Fish advocates The Central Wiki for Perl
  • 2006 – Eric R. Meyers concurs absolutely and begins advocating:
    • The Free Encyclopedia of Perl
    • The Free Dictionary of Perl
    • The Free Library of Perl
    • The Free University of Perl
    • The Free Community of Perl – The Perl Wiki
    • The Free Steering Committee of Perl
    • The Free Debate Forum of Perl

The Wikimedia Foundation and its projects[]

The Meta-Wiki
Knowledge Wikimedia:
Information Wikimedia:
Data Wikimedia:

Education[]

Announcing The Perl Wiki University[]

Contributing educators at all levels of Perl expertise are needed for the University now available here.

The Happy Valley of the global Perl Wikicommunity

Learning Perl[]

Learn Perl at learn.perl.org

  • The favorite Perl books are available online in PDF.

Getting to know Perl people[]

People

Entertainment[]

Humor[]

Knowledge[]

The Perl Legacy and its standard resources[]

  • What's the old news?

The Perl Story and its current resources[]

  • What's currently available?

Problem definition[]

  • How are we doing things today to tie everything together?

Current technology discussion[]

How are Wikimedia project components like Wikiversity changing our Knowledge world?

Solution specification[]

How will The Perl Wiki University improve things in terms of Knowledge?

The Perl Future and its developing resources[]

  • What's the next news?

How will Wikiversity change our world?

How will the global Wiki community change our world?

Information[]

The Perl Legacy and its standard resources[]

  • What's the old news?

The Perl Story and its current resources[]

  • What's currently available?

Problem definition[]

  • How are we doing things today to tie everything together?

Current technology discussion[]

What is a Wiki, and how's it significantly different than the standard Website interface?

How are Wikimedia project components like Wikipedia and Wikibooks changing our Information world?

Solution specification[]

How will The Perl Wiki improve things in terms of Information?

The Perl Future and its developing resources[]

  • What's the next news?

How will Perl 6 change our world?

Data[]

The Perl Legacy and its standard resources[]

  • What's the old news?

The Perl Story and its current resources[]

  • What's currently available?

Problem definition[]

  • How are we doing things today to tie everything together?

Current technology discussion[]

How are Wikimedia project components like Wiktionary changing our Data world?

Solution specification[]

How will The Perl Wiki improve things in terms of Data?

The Perl Future and its developing resources[]

  • What's the next news?

Opinion[]

Debate about Perl[]

The Perl_Opinion section was originally removed from the Wikipedia:Perl article by the Wikipedians, and that section of their article can be found here at Wikia:c:Perl:Perl_Opinion. This valuable original content from Wikipedia is being protected for historical purposes, and that original content was used as the seed for starting the Wikia:c:Perl:Opinion, Wikia:c:Perl:Pro_Opinions and Wikia:c:Perl:Con_Opinions articles now available here.

  • Please review the documented Opinion articles before you begin participating in the current debates held in the Debate forum now available here.

Programming (Expertise)[]

Knowledge[]

Information[]

Data[]