How Hashes Really Work

Oct 1, 2002 by Abhijit Menon-Sen

development

hashes-hash

It’s easy to take hashes for granted in Perl. They are simple, fast, and they usually "just work," so people never need to know or care about how they are implemented. Sometimes, though, it’s interesting and rewarding to look…

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This Week on p5p 2001/10/21

Oct 21, 2001 by Abhijit Menon-Sen

community

p5p-threads-unicode-pod

This fortnight on perl5-porters (08-21 October 2001) Notes This Week on P5P • 5.8.0 TODO • POD • Testing • ${^TAINT} • AUTOLOAD and packages • B::Parrot • Miscellaneous Please send corrections and additions to perl-thisweek-YYYYMM@simon-cozens.org where YYYYMM is…

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This Week on p5p 2001/10/07

Oct 10, 2001 by Abhijit Menon-Sen

community

p5p-threads-unicode-pod

Notes This Week on P5P • chromatic • Call for PerlIO bugs • Attributes are broken • Multiple FETCHes • Code cleanups • Various Please send corrections and additions to perl-thisweek-YYYYMM@simon-cozens.org where YYYYMM is the current year and month. Changes…

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Symmetric Cryptography in Perl

Jul 10, 2001 by Abhijit Menon-Sen

security

crypto-cryptography-crypt-idea-blowfish-symmetric

Having purchased the $250 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus, Alice wants to send it to Bob, but keep it away from Eve, who snoops on everyone’s network traffic from the cubicle down the hall. How can Perl help her? Ciphers…

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