Perl Weekly - all the articles published by Christos Argyropoulos

2023.01.22 in #600 Using Perl to prepare sequencing files to submit to NCBI's GEO
Pleasantly surprised to see how Perl can be used is so many different fields.
2023.09.16 in #634 Of Go, C, Perl and fastq file conversion Vol III : pledging allegiance to the flag
Continue with the multipart blogs, here the discussion is about regex engine maps to a finite state automaton, we should be able to rewrite the parser without regular expressions, using flags to keep track of the part of the record we are at.
2023.09.16 in #634 Of Go, C, Perl and fastq file conversion Vol IV : gone in 60 seconds (or less)
In the final part of this series, we will test the performance of the four parsers, in a scenario emulating the batch analysis of sequencing data.
2023.09.27 in #636 Hash of Arrays Deathmatch : Native Perl vs. DBM::Deep vs. Redis
A detailed comparison to help you understand the pros/cons. Please keep us busy with more such posts.
2023.12.06 in #646 Is Perl a write only language?
Use of Perl in the field of Bio-Informatics. Encouraging story to share.
2024.07.04 in #678 Repository of examples using Perl and Assembly together
Sometimes one needs an extra ounce of performance. Why not combine the high level semantics of Perl with the punch of assembly?
2024.07.26 in #679 The Quest for Performance Part I : Inline C, OpenMP and the Perl Data Language (PDL)
2024.08.15 in #683 The Day Perl Stood Still: Unveiling A Hidden Power Over C
Recently, Christos started experimenting with Perl for workflow management and high-level supervision of low level code for data science applications.
2024.08.16 in #682 The Day Perl Stood Still: Unveiling A Hidden Power Over C
Sometimes the unexpected happens and must be shared with the world … this one is such a case.
2024.09.21 in #687 Taking VelociPerl for a ride
Personally I don't think I like closed-source 'improvements' to Open Source projects. It feels like ripping off the volunteer work of the community who built that Open Source software. On the other hand maybe this is the only way to getting rid of certain old construct in Perl that limit the improvements in the language. There is also a discussion on Reddit about this.

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