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Seeking clarification on apparent contradictions regarding weakly typed languages
I think I understand strong typing, but every time I look for examples for what is weak typing I end up finding examples of programming languages that simply coerce/convert types automatically.
For ...
52
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10answers
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How can I download all emails with attachments from Gmail?
How do I connect to Gmail and determine which messages have attachments? I then want to download each attachment, printing out the Subject: and From: for each message as I process it.
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9answers
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How to reliably guess the encoding between MacRoman, CP1252, Latin1, UTF-8, and ASCII
At work it seems like no week ever passes without some encoding-related conniption, calamity, or catastrophe. The problem usually derives from programmers who think they can reliably process a “text” ...
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4answers
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How should I call a Perl Script in Java?
I read Runtime.getRuntime().exec("perl script.pl") is an option, but is this the best way to do it?
I'll need an answer from that script, so I'll have to read the script's return in some cases, ...
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35answers
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Why learn Perl, Python, Ruby if the company is using C++, C# or Java as the application language?
I wonder why would a C++, C#, Java developer want to learn a dynamic language?
Assuming the company won't switch its main development language from C++/C#/Java to a dynamic one what use is there for ...
10
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8answers
16k views
How can I call Perl from Java?
I have a Perl module that I would like to use from Java. Is there a way to call this code using either ActiveState Perl on Windows or the generic Perl that comes with Linux? I have found references to ...
6
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7answers
2k views
Include Perl in Java
Is there any way to execute perl code without having to use Runtime.getRuntime.exec("..."); (parse in java app)?
8
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2answers
1k views
Tool to convert regex between different language syntaxes?
Is there a tool to convert a regex from one popular language's syntax to another? For example a Python-style regex to a Java-style regex?.
Or at least, has someone put together a set of rules to do ...
7
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6answers
2k views
What's a good library to manipulate Apache2 config files?
I'd like to create a script to manipulate Apache2 configuration directly, reading and writing its properties (like adding a new VirtualHost, changing settings of one that already exists).
Are there ...
5
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3answers
5k views
How can I set the file-read buffer size in Perl to optimize it for large files?
I understand that both Java and Perl try quite hard to find a one-size-fits all default buffer size when reading in files, but I find their choices to be increasingly antiquated, and am having a ...
11
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2answers
3k views
Why do regular expressions in Java and Perl act differently?
My understanding is that Java's implementation of regular expressions is based on Perl's. However, in the following example, if I execute the same regex with the same string, Java and Perl return ...
4
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6answers
3k views
What's the best way to determine the total number of words of a file in Java?
What is the best way to find the total number of words in a text file in Java? I'm thinking Perl is the best on finding things such as this. If this is true then calling a Perl function from within ...
10
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0answers
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JSON GUI creator/editor [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
GUI-based or Web-based JSON editor that works like property explorer
I'm using text files in JSON format as input to my java/perl programs.
I would like to allow novice ...
6
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6answers
564 views
String manipulation vs Regexps
We are often told that Regexps are slow and should be avoided whenever possible.
However, taking into account the overhead of doing some string manipulation oneself (not talking about algorithm ...
5
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8answers
3k views
Java equivalent of Perl's hash
I'm been using a lot Perl hashes due to super flexibility and convenient.
for instance, in Perl I can do the following:
$hash{AREA_CODE}->{PHONE}->{STREET_ADDR}
I wondering how can I ...
