Perl Geek Code

[mirod]

OK, so I was bored last night aso I decided to create my Perl Geek code. Much to my surprise I could not find one! So I wasn't bored anymore ;--)

So here is a preliminary version, with probably some missing fields and definitely some missing descriptions. Feel free to add yours, and next time I'm bored I'll compile them into a definitive one (and I'll write the decoder).

Perl Development

• c core hacker

  c++++	I am Larry Wall
  c+++	I am or I have been a pumpkin
  c++	I have patches in the last 3 releases of Perl
  c+	I once had a patch
  c	I post on p5p
  c-	I read p5p
  c--	p5p?
  c---

  
  

Perl Skills

• W wizardry

  W++++	I am Mark-Jason Dominus
  W+++	I have to use no strict in most of my scripts
  W++	I use closures and dynamically generated code
  W+
  W
  W-	I use strict but warnings are a pain
  W--	strict? -w? Yeah right!
  W!	I only write one-liners any

  
  

• R regular expressions

  R++++	I am Ilya or Jeff Friedl
  R+++	I use (?<!pattern) and (?{code}) on a regular bases
  R++	I have been known to use s///ee
  R+	I understand "Death to DotStar" and when I have to use \1 instead of $1
  R	I use regular expressions quite often but I am always a little uncomfortable with them
  R-	why can't you do tr/&/&/ ?
  R--	regular expressions is a fancy name for line noise
  R---	I don't need no stinkin' regular expression, all of my data is XML

  
  

• PU pack/unpack

  P++++	I use pack and unpack to speedup my sort routines
  P!	I pack and unpack my suitcase

  
  

• MA map

  
  

• E eval

  
  

• M Modules

  M++++	I am Damian Conway
  M+++	Some of my modules are part of the core distribution
  M++	I have one or more module on CPAN
  M+	I write my own modules and use them as much as I can
  M	I use modules from CPAN
  M-	I only use modules from the core dstribution
  M--	I don't like modules and I don't use them
  M!	I only write one-liners any

  
  

• O Objects

  O++++	I am Damian Conway
  O+++	I have written
  O!	I am Tom Christiansen

  
  

• C cgi

  C++++	I am Lincol Stein
  C+++	I write (good) books about CGI and Perl
  C++	I use CGI.pm, the Template Toolkit and HTML::Parser
  C+	I use CGI.pm and the taint mode
  C	I use CGI.pm but I am not that sure my scripts are secure
  C-	CGI is best done with print and parsing CGI queries by hand
  C--	I try to avoid doing CGI at all costs
  C---	What's that CGI thingie anyway?
  C!	My company won't do CGI, it is not secure

  
  

• D dbi

  D++++

  I am Tim Bunce

  
  

• S sysadmin

  
  

• X XML

  X++++	I am Matt Sergeant or Clark Cooper
  X+++	I have writen XML modules that ended up on CPAN
  X++	I can tell how XML::DOM differs from XML::Twig and I use both
  X+	I use XML::Simple
  X	XML... that's on my TODO list
  X-	Yeah I know, XML is great, but why is it such a pain to use?
  X--	My boss would like me too use this XML thingie, I don't think so!
  X---	What is XML?
  X!	I HATE XML, it is a creation of the evil empire to destroy us all, I am Jon Barger

  
  

• T Perl/Tk

Community

• PM Perlmonk

  WP++++	I am Vroom
  WP+++	I am a Saint
  WP++	I am an Abbot or above
  WP+	I have my picture on my homenode
  WP	I Can't vote yet, but I will soon
  WP-	I am not interested in Perl Monks
  WP--	I am Princepawn

  
  

• MO Perl Monger

  PM++++	I am Brian D. Foy
  PM+++	I founded a Perl Monger group
  PM++	I participate in at least 2 Perl Monger groups
  PM+	I go to Perl Monger reunions
  PM	I am subscribed to a Perl Monger mailing list but I don't go to meetings
  PM!	I don't need no stinkin' Perl Mongers

  
  

• n usenet

• o obfuscation

  o++++	I won the OPC, I am BooK or Erudil
  o+++	I participated in the OPC, I posted obfuscations on PerlMonks that have over 20 in rep
  o++	I use a JAPH
  o+	I wrote a JAPH but it is so pathetic I never use it
  o	Obfuscation is cool, I'm just not good at it
  o!	I HATE obfuscation

  
  

• CO conferences

  C++++	I am Nat Torkington, Kevin Lenzo, Leon Brocard or Damian Conway
  C+++	I have won a prize at TPC or YAPC (but I am NOT Damian Conway)
  C++	I have given tutorials at TPC or YAPC
  C+	I have given talks at TPC or YAPC
  C	I have attended at least 3 TPC or YAPC
  C-	I have attended at least once TPC or YAPC
  C--	I have never attended TPC or YAPC, my company won't let me go
  C---	I have never attended TPC or YAPC, and I have no desire to ever do so

  
  

• G goof

  G++++	I am Damian Conway or Michael Schwern
  G+++	I have a Camel tatoo somewhere on my body
  G++	I write programs that are valid in at least 2 languages including Perl
  G+	I write Perl Poetry

  
  

Other Languages

• LC C

• LCC C++

• LJ Java

• LP Python

• LPO Postscript

• LCO Cobol

• LS Smalltalk

• LL Lisp

• LA Assembly

Operating System

• u unix

  B	- BSD (use this unless your BSDish system is mentioned below)
  L	- Linux
  V	- SysV
  H	- HPUX
  I	- IRIX
  O	- OSF/1 (aka Digital Unix)
  S	- Sun OS/Solaris
  *	- Some other one not listed

  
  

• w windows

• m mac

• o other OS

  A	- Amiga
  E	- BeOS

  
  

Editor

• Ee emacs

• Ev vi

• Eo other

[Dominus]

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I'm not really comfortable being W++++, if the W stands for 'Wizardry'. There are a lot of people better-qualified for that than me. I don't think I deserve to be Wizard ++++.

Looking at the other 'W' items, it seemed to me that it might be more apt for the W to stand for 'weirdness'. If it does, I'll be happy to be W++++.

[Adam]

Object Oriented Perl was incomplete. How about:

O Objects

O++++ I am Damian Conway 
O+++  I have written a large application with OOP
O++   I have written an OOP module and know what @ISA is for.
O+    I have written an OOP module, but never used inheritence
O     I have used other people's OO modules.
O-    I've heard of OOP and would like to learn it someday.
O--   I've heard of OOP and think its a joke
O---  I've never heard of OOP or don't understand OOP.
O! I am Tom Christiansen

[extremely]

There should also be a special on "O", "Oops" which implies "O+++" but also that it failed horribly...

--
$you = new YOU;
honk() if $you->love(perl)

[jynx]

how about:

S sys admin
S++++++++++ - i am evi nemeth, i don't need perl. *nix does what i want. period.
S++++ - i am David Blank-Edelman, i can use perl to do anything the system can do.
S+++ - i wrote the perl that automates all our system tasks
S++ - i wrote some perl to check the logs and quotas and other daily maintenance
S+ - i fixed the previous perl code after upgrading perl to 5.6, but didn't understand everything there
S - i use perl to do daily maintenance
S- - i know where the logs are, why do i need perl?
S-- - i think i installed that, don't remember why...
S--- - i'm sorry, where's the `on' button?


and this one:

Ev vi
Ev++++ - i am Bram Moolenaar.
Ev+++ - i write patches from time to time
Ev++ - i write my own scripts to schange behavior
Ev+ - i can open multiple files and use shell escapes effectively
Ev - i know how to do complex find/replaces (even using % instead of 1,$)
Ev- - i can open a file and save and quit
Ev-- - how do i start inputing text?
Ev--- - How is vi visual?


And of course the first line under map should be:
MA++++ - i am Erudil. i (ab)use map.

maybe, maybe not...

jynx

[ichimunki]

Under obfuscation you left out "o+++++, I am Randal Schwartz".

Not that merlyn writes obfuscated code, but I've heard he's the reason JAPH exists.

[merlyn]

I invented the JAPH, true.

But from the time I saw the first entrants to the 0th Annual Obfuscated Contest, I completely gave up competing in that arena.

Abigail is clearly the leader in obfuperl.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

[KM]

I think it would be more appropriate to have Abigail.. since he writes some great JAPHs.

Cheers,
KM

[tye]

I'd put BooK above Abigail for Obfuscation by a long shot. BTW, obfuscation covers more than just JAPHs.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

[KM]

 WP--          I am Princepawn

Oh man, that made me chuckle.

PM++++         I am Brian D. Foy

brian d foy

I would add under community:

PP - Pound Perl (#perl)
PP++++	I am a #perl op
PP+++	I am a #perl regular
PP++	I answer questions (correctly) on #perl
PP+	I occasionally visit #perl
PP	I have been berated on #perl
PP-	I am banned from #perl
PP--	What is IRC??

Cheers,
KM

[chromatic]

You're missing one for Abuse (or Glue, if you're more magnanimous):

G++++    Don't call my Perl OS a POS
G+++     I'm writing device drivers in Perl
G++      I'm writing a virtual machine in Perl (POE,
            Object Server, Turing-capable interpreter)
G+       I'm working on Inline.pm
G        I've written code that someone compiled to bytecode
G-       Writing portable code is hard enough
G--      You guys scare me
G---     I'm still trying to figure out anonymous functions
G----    I read part of Slash code and switched to Python

[chipmunk]

Here's a section on Perl Golf, as I proposed to mirod in the Chatterbox. For the Perl Skills section, I suppose. :)

GO+++   I'm writing a one-liner to decode my Perl Geek Code
GO++    I've reduced Perl Golf attempts by others after they'd given u
+p
GO+     Perl Golf is a fun pasttime
GO      I might try Perl Golf once I have more experience with Perl
GO-     I tried Perl Golf, and was bored by it
GO--    Perl Golf is a waste of time and encourages bad programming pr
+actices
GO?     Perl Golf?  I don't even know what that is

[mirod]

Actually I have a new section which current name is "Typically Perl", it includes Poetry, Japh/obfuscation (I know the first obfuscated contests were in C...) and the likes. I will add it in there (and welcome any improved name)

The current version (XML, HTML, a tentative form and the xml -> html and xml -> form scripts, you need the absolute latest version of XML::Twig for these to work) is there. I will add an encoder/decoder soon (and solve those annoying ' thingies).

[Anonymous Monk]

The CGI thing appears to be missing something along the lines of:
C* -- I gave up on CGI.pm a long time ago and use Apache::Request nowadays

[chipmunk]

Fun! Nice work too. I'll jump on the bandwagon with a couple suggestions too. I think I would have written the Conference section more like this:

C+++ - I am Nat Torkington, Kevin Lenzo, Leon Brocard or Damian Conway
C++ - I have given talks/tutorials at TPC or YAPC
C+ - I have attended at least TPC or YAPC at least three times
C - I have attended TPC or YAPC at least once
C- - I have never attended TPC or YAPC, my company won't let me go
C-- - I have never attended TPC or YAPC, and I have no desire to ever do so
C! - I have won a prize at TPC or YAPC

I also have one small suggestion for Perl Mongers:

PM+++ - I founded and/or head a Perl Mongers group

(By the way, Perl Monks and Perl Mongers each list two different abbreviations: PM/WP for PerlMonks and MO/PM for PerlMongers. WP and MO are probably best.)