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# Node Author Rep
1 3-D Stereogram, Self replicating source. Toodles 331
2 Automatic Music with Perl larsen 158
3 Beginners guide to File::Find spurperl 155
4 Re: •web site design, or lack thereof Dog and Pony 154
5 Use method/function signatures with Perl Ovid 144
6 Perl High School hsweet 144
7 print for (1..9) Len 143
8 Tact and the Monastery FoxtrotUniform 142
9 (OT) Number 1 mistake to not avoid during an interview sfink 140
10 Using Temporary Files in Perl rob_au 138
11 Blessables -- What Can You Make Into Objects? chromatic 135
12 MP3 server with IO::Socket perlmonkey 131
13 Empowered by Perl liverpole 130
14 MakeMaker, h2xs, and writing CPAN modules perrin 129
15 Perceptions of Perl - views from the edge tim.bunce 125
16 Of Symbol Tables and Globs broquaint 125
17 The Case for Learning Perl newrisedesigns 123
18 The Year in Perl, 2006 brian_d_foy 121
19 Re: Code Samples and Previous Employers dws 120
20 Thoughts on converting from HTML::Template to Template Toolkit Tanktalus 117
21 Re: Perl falls victim to shifting trends perrin 117
22 Predicting the end of times... vladb 116
23 DBI Wrapper Feature Comparison simonm 115
24 Re: Debugging Perl over the phone dws 114
25 Everybody was Obfuscating joecamel 113
26 How to best pass on the context / wantarray? Corion 111
27 Recent site outages tye 111
28 Offsite Perlmonks Search Engine blakem 110
29 use strict won't require explicit name for all variables? Biker 110
30 Re: Gargantuan memory consumption issues Corion 109
31 Re: Perl Monks += TMTOWTDI jmcnamara 108
32 "if" Considered Harmful in OO programming Ovid 107
33 No Fear: decoupling your application from the database Ovid 107
34 Perl in the pole position busunsl 107
35 Funniest Nodes of 2004 silent11 106
36 Re: Short Refactoring Tip: let the object do it for you dws 106
37 Re: Artificial Intelligence Programming in Perl frag 106
38 Re: [OT] Best Use of Subversion Branches in Perl Development perrin 105
39 Stepping up from XML::Simple to XML::LibXML grantm 105
40 Re: On Creating an Effective Work Environment chromatic 104
41 c tags demerphq 103
42 How can I write Test::Finished? samtregar 103
43 Secrets & Lies & Perl ichimunki 103
44 This is why I use Perl pg 102
45 (Golf) The Animal Game Masem 102
46 Test/ Code Ratio moot 101
47 http://www.cpan.org Abigail-II 101
48 Beep.pm giulienk 101
49 Solaris, Perl 5.8 and use 5.005 ZlR 100
50 Framing merlyn stefp 100
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