I just recently revisited the M-Set code from my Perl Snippets post. The code I had was pretty ugly, so I decided to rewrite it in Python. The result is not only a lot cleaner and easier to understand, but it’s also a lot faster: $ time python mandel.py > \dev\null real 0m0.051s user 0m0.036s [...]
Also tagged cli, command line, math, program, python, SoftwareSince I got a new desktop a month or so ago, I’ve been running Ubuntu as my main operating system, and am using Conky for a nice heads-up-display. There are a lot of articles on the web about both Ubuntu and Conky, but one thing I couldn’t find a good, accurate how-to on was getting [...]
Also tagged cal, calendar, command line, conky, desktop, free, program, sed, Software, ubuntuI’ve been getting into a mood lately that makes me fiddle around with fun Perl stuff, but sadly school’s picking up to the point that writing anything up isn’t going to happen. However, I have a couple short scripts that I’m just dying to share. Just Another Perl Hacker I figured that it was about [...]
Also tagged cli, command line, japh, m-set, mandlebrot, math, obfuscation, Perl, program, ProgrammingOne of the things that makes perl so powerful and fascinating is the huge number of modules that are available online, especially through the CPAN repository. Today I stumbled upon one called Finance::Quote, which does one thing, very simply: it retrieves stock (or mutual fund) quotes. You feed it a ticker symbol and it gives [...]
Also tagged cli, command line, CPAN, exchange, finance, Perl, program, stocks, ticker