Best Nodes of the Day, Week, Month, and Year

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Best Nodes of The Day

# Node Author Rep
1 Re: Regex question - identify which pattern comes first tybalt89 14
2 Re^6: Regex question - identify which pattern comes first harangzsolt33 8
3 Re^7: Regex question - identify which pattern comes first Anonymous Monk 7
As of May 06, 2026 at 12:36 UTC, Next refresh in 15 mins ±15 min

Best Nodes of The Week

# Node Author Rep
1 Re: Regex question - identify which pattern comes first ikegami 23
2 Re: Where is the new perlootut? LanX 22
3 Re: Regex question - identify which pattern comes first (named captures) LanX 22
4 Re: Where is the new perlootut? choroba 21
5 Re: Where is the new perlootut? ikegami 19
6 Re^3: copyfail challenge: making Perl version smaller marto 19
7 Re: copyfail challenge: making Perl version smaller marto 19
8 Re^5: copyfail challenge: making Perl version smaller marto 18
9 Re: copyfail challenge: making Perl version smaller Corion 17
10 Re^2: Installation of 2 module prerequisites failing - using cpanm Corion 17
As of May 06, 2026 at 11:24 UTC, Next refresh in 2 hours ±15 min

Best Nodes of The Month

# Node Author Rep
1 Moving the site behind a CDN Co-Rion 35
2 Re: Reusing a complex regexp in multiple spots, escaping the regexp haukex 29
3 Re: Modern Subroutine Signature Requires Perl Version dave_the_m 27
4 Re: Modern Subroutine Signature Requires Perl Version haj 27
5 Re: Modern Subroutine Signature Requires Perl Version Corion 27
6 Re: Moving the site behind a CDN hippo 25
7 Re: Moving the site behind a CDN marto 24
8 Re: Modern Subroutine Signature Requires Perl Version Haarg 24
9 Re: Interpolate variable into regexp at time of definition rather than execution, as a filter for Path::Iterator::Rule ikegami 23
10 Re: Regex question - identify which pattern comes first ikegami 22
As of May 06, 2026 at 04:42 UTC, Next refresh in 15 hours and 15 mins ±15 min

Best Nodes of The Year

# Node Author Rep
1 Re: Perl Best Practices -- 20 years later choroba 49
2 It's been a year davido 39
3 RIP Matt S. Trout LanX 39
4 Perl Best Practices -- 20 years later pfaut 38
5 Re: Perl hashes and non-determinism hippo 37
6 Selected parts of the site are now static for Anonymous Monks Co-Rion 36
7 Perl v5.42.0 is now available! choroba 36
8 Moving the site behind a CDN Co-Rion 35
9 On improving Perlmonks site availability Co-Rion 35
10 Re: Using system sort order Arunbear 35
11 Re: Basic question about Iterator code choroba 35
12 Re: [XS] sv_setpv change in behaviour with perl-5.42.0 and later dave_the_m 34
13 Re: Try::Tiny and -E haukex 34
14 Re: How to set the UTF8 flag? ysth 34
15 Re: how portable is the random number generator? haukex 33
16 Re: How to set the UTF8 flag? NERDVANA 33
17 Re: Is it possible load optional modules from PERL5OPT? jo37 33
18 Re: Speed comparison of foreach vs grep + map Corion 33
19 Re: Perl Best Practices -- 20 years later swl 33
20 Re: unpack Binary FAIL ikegami 32
As of May 05, 2026 at 19:12 UTC, Next refresh in 5 hours and 45 mins ±15 min