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

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Best Nodes of The Day

# Node Author Rep
1 Perlmonks.com and Perlmonks.net now redirect to Perlmonks.org erzuuli 12
2 Re^3: Perlmonks.com and Perlmonks.net to redirect to Perlmonks.org hippo 10
3 Re^2: Tk on Arch on Essentially Garbage Equipment DUMP GCC, USE CLANG INSTEAD bliako 10
4 Perl wisdom in the age of LLMs reisinge 9
5 Re: keys on scalar warnings and lack thereof (precedence) LanX 9
6 Re: Perlmonks.com and Perlmonks.net to redirect to Perlmonks.org hippo 8
7 Re^4: Perlmonks.com and Perlmonks.net to redirect to Perlmonks.org LanX 7
As of May 14, 2026 at 21:29 UTC, Next refresh in 15 mins ±15 min

Best Nodes of The Week

# Node Author Rep
1 Re: Underscore in scalar name not in main package choroba 28
2 Perlmonks.com and Perlmonks.net to redirect to Perlmonks.org Co-Rion 27
3 Re: Underscore in scalar name not in main package dave_the_m 25
4 Re: Perlmonks.com and Perlmonks.net to redirect to Perlmonks.org marto 24
5 Re: Perl Experimental Features Usage and Testing ikegami 23
6 Re: skipping unwanted list items ikegami 22
7 Re: Underscore in scalar name not in main package jwkrahn 22
8 Re: Perl Experimental Features Usage and Testing swl 21
9 Re: skipping unwanted list items LanX 20
10 Re: Are perlfaq6 and perlop correct about "/o" modifier? choroba 20
As of May 14, 2026 at 18:34 UTC, Next refresh in 15 mins ±15 min

Best Nodes of The Month

# Node Author Rep
1 Moving the site behind a CDN Co-Rion 36
2 Re: Underscore in scalar name not in main package choroba 28
3 Re: Modern Subroutine Signature Requires Perl Version haj 28
4 Re: Modern Subroutine Signature Requires Perl Version Corion 28
5 Perlmonks.com and Perlmonks.net to redirect to Perlmonks.org Co-Rion 27
6 Re: Modern Subroutine Signature Requires Perl Version dave_the_m 27
7 Re: Underscore in scalar name not in main package dave_the_m 25
8 Re: Where is the new perlootut? LanX 25
9 Re: Moving the site behind a CDN marto 25
10 Re: Moving the site behind a CDN hippo 25
As of May 14, 2026 at 13:26 UTC, Next refresh in 15 hours ±15 min

Best Nodes of The Year

# Node Author Rep
1 It's been a year davido 39
2 RIP Matt S. Trout LanX 39
3 Re: Perl hashes and non-determinism hippo 37
4 Moving the site behind a CDN Co-Rion 36
5 Selected parts of the site are now static for Anonymous Monks Co-Rion 36
6 Perl v5.42.0 is now available! choroba 36
7 On improving Perlmonks site availability Co-Rion 35
8 Re: Using system sort order Arunbear 35
9 Re: [XS] sv_setpv change in behaviour with perl-5.42.0 and later dave_the_m 34
10 Re: Try::Tiny and -E haukex 34
11 Re: How to set the UTF8 flag? ysth 34
12 Re: how portable is the random number generator? haukex 33
13 Re: How to set the UTF8 flag? NERDVANA 33
14 Re: Is it possible load optional modules from PERL5OPT? jo37 33
15 Re: Speed comparison of foreach vs grep + map Corion 33
16 Re: Reusing a complex regexp in multiple spots, escaping the regexp haukex 32
17 Re: unpack Binary FAIL ikegami 32
18 Re: Purpose of the "caret" character in "qr" regex output jwkrahn 32
19 Re: A Christmas detour: it's the simplest damn things that bite us sometimes choroba 31
20 Re: Can I (with XS) invoke the regex engine without making copies of the buffer? dave_the_m 31
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