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DVK has asked 130 questions and find answers to 390 problems.

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Areas of expertise:

Perl expert (specifically enterprise software development
Sybase (table design, query optimization and stored proc development)
Java (including Reflection and Javascript embedding)

Areas of familiarity:

Web programming (EmbPerl, JSP, CSS, HTML, JavaScript)
C++
Shell scripting, *nix system administration

DVK questions

When does Perl impose string context?
Why can't I call later-defined sub in BEGIN block even with forward declaration?
Get the maximum values of column B per each distinct value of column A
What is the most readable regex to extract a second word with no trailing spaces from comma-separated string?
Can actual Perl Regular Expressions be implemented in Java via existing library?
Was there something in Cobol intrinsically making it susceptible to Y2K issues?
How do I access a constant in Perl whose name is contained in a variable?
Is there an automated way to discover Embperl 1.x syntax not compatible with Embperl 2.x?
How can I get an instance of a subclass of abstract class from a static method of another class?
How do I use beta Perl modules from beta Perl scripts?

DVK answers

Should I use a unique string as a primary key or should I make it as a separate autoincrement INT? [duplicate]
Why TWiki can't locate a module that is already in the @INC?
Visual VoiceXML/VXML development tool?
How can I improve this program to get 24 with 4 numbers?
What is the correct syntax to specify optional parameters?
What are Attribute Relational Graphs?
Standardizing a Release/Tools group on a specific language
Is there a list comparing the features of different frameworks available for developing web apps in Perl?
standard for "loops" in XML?
How am I accessing the cpp standard library without placing '#include' statements?