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Two in-depth articles for developers and open source enthusiasts

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Once again the folks over at Heise Online have come through with two articles of interest to developers and open source enthusiasts.

The first is an interesting look at the state of the Perl language The second addresses issues surrounding Open Office and related spin-offs.The articles have the metatitle of Healthcheck, and it appears Heise will be doing more of them down the road.

Excellent reading. Check them both out.

Healthcheck: Perl - The Perl Future (12.01.2009, djwm)

 In our first Healthcheck, Piers Cawley explains how Perl is more than just the language of one liners and why Perl is in rude health

http://www.heise-onl...re--/features/112388

    
Healthcheck: OpenOffice (29.01.2009, trk)
    
 Open Office has come a long way since Sun Microsystems purchased StarOffice in 1999, is Sun's tight grasp on the code base gradually draining the life from the open source MS Office alternative?

http://www.heise-onl...ce--/features/112512




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