The Perl Whirl is a yearly cruise for seasoned Perl coders. You basically get on a luxury cruise ship, and attend seminars on Perl all week. Some of the keynote speakers are pretty cool, including the infamous Larry Wall, inventor of Perl. Yeah it’s dorky, but I wanna go really bad!
Perl Whirl
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