I am now 73 years old and retired one year ago. I used Perl extensively from 1998 until I retired. It can be hard to remember all the tricks, even when you use or write Perl often. When I learned or developed a useful technique, I would keep the program or a bit of it around. I have lots of old programs and pieces of programs. I never got so systematic as to index them for the particular techniques. When I would leave a job, I would take with me a couple of what I considered to be the best or most useful programs I had written. This might not have been totally legal, but I did not use any previous employer's programs for a new employer. I just kept the programs in my archive of programming technique samples. My most recent Perl project was analyzing a .csv file from a financial consultant. I moved some assets from him to another investment firm. The consultant got mad at me and would not provide a useful report. He just sent a .csv file with dates and amounts, which I analyzed with a Perl program. I also highly recommend the O'Reilly books on Perl. Good luck with Perl. Marilyn
On Jul 21, 2014, at 6:34 AM, Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:01:10 +0200 > mimosin...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I have self-learned Perl about a couple of years ago and I am also >> having a similar use of Perl, so I often forget how I did things. I >> must also say that I am about to be 50 years old next December and I >> do not have any technical education as my degree is in psychology. I >> use http://perlweekly.com/ to see what is going on, >> http://perlmaven.com/ to remember how things are done and O'Reilly if >> I need more in-depth understanding on a specific issue. Cheers! > > Welcome to Perl. Here are some links you might find useful: > > * official site <http://www.perl.org/> > * beginners' help <http://learn.perl.org/faq/beginners.html> > * advance help <http://perlmonks.org/> > * documentation <http://perldoc.perl.org/> > * news <http://perlsphere.net/> > * repository <http://www.cpan.org/> > * blog <http://blogs.perl.org/> > * regional groups <http://www.pm.org/> > * videos <http://perltv.org/> > > > -- > Don't stop where the ink does. > Shawn > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
