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Selected Best Nodes of All Time!!

# Node Author Rep
1 I know what I mean. Why don't you? GrandFather 222
2 How do you master Perl? brian_d_foy 205
3 "freak" and recent threads merlyn 181
4 Remember, before you consider, please, Please, PLEASE: kudra 181
5 Choosing a data structure for AI applications Ovid 175
6 Robomonk - An IRC to PM Bridge jcwren 162
7 Unusual Closure Behaviour tachyon 153
8 Improving Your Ability to Estimate dws 145
9 Programming Mantras dws 143
10 Virtues of Community footpad 142
11 One Section to rule them all. benn 140
12 LWP::Simple: a little more complicated than it sounds Zed_Lopez 138
13 Frustrations... (and a thank you) coolmichael 138
14 New ticker login for PM XML clients vroom 138
15 A refactoring trap gmax 133
16 Trained Perl professional or self-taught hack? punch_card_don 129
17 Breaking The Rules II Limbic~Region 127
18 Getting more out of LWP::Simple Dog and Pony 127
19 What is this doing, and why is this a good method of doing it? japhy 126
20 STOP Trading Memory for Speed PetaMem 123
21 Fame, Fortune, ChicksStuds, and XP! jcwren 123
22 Re: Paradigm Shift - Don't use strict blakem 123
23 Slashdot lamejoke generator jonadab 117
24 OO Application Design Nomis52 117
25 Re: use strict won't require explicit name for all variables? Matts 117
26 Re: meaning of '@' sigil on a hash? ikegami 116
27 What's the secret of this community? kiat 116
28 Re: How to check if a website is up? nmcfarl 115
29 Datastructures and compare functions Abigail-II 115
30 Comparison between Perl and Ksh bizzach 114
31 Re: Advanced Sorting - GRT - Guttman Rosler Transform dws 114
32 Order Out Of Chaos Lysander 111
33 Spend Less Time Surfing: Pages In Your Inbox with LWP::Simple and MIME::Lite Willard B. Trophy 109
34 Re: how did this module get into CPAN ?! grinder 108
35 Draft - Writng plugable programs with perl. yosefm 108
36 Re: Tying merlyn 108
37 what is EOF and how can I send it? revdiablo 107
38 Turning Off The Aesthetic Sense chip 107
39 Re: Second rate programmers and my confession footpad 107
40 Re: How to RTFM lachoy 106
41 Automatic CS Paper Generator b10m 105
42 Re: Would you work at a porn company? grinder 105
43 Re: Too Modest To Brag Erudil 105
44 Developer Accountability cacharbe 103
45 Regular Expressions: Call for Examples japhy 103
46 Why learn another language? AcidHawk 102
47 Identifying if a variable is the product of a qr// demerphq 102
48 Re: Seeking Advice: Writing a parser jryan 102
49 (OT) The Schwartzian Transform in Java djantzen 100
50 New Service: Thread Watcher jdporter 99
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