The Perl Review 2.1

The Perl Review Volume 2, Issue 1 Winter 2005 Perl Mongers News 5 Editor / Publisher: brian d foy Perl Foundation News 5 Design: Eric Maki PerlWar 6 Columnists: David H. Adler Andy Lester The Seven Sins of Alberto Simões Perl OO Programming 10 Copy Editors: Mike Fragassi Perl News 16 Thomas Mackenzie

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