Programming Perl

Collectif,, Larry Wall, Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Christiansen, Stephen Potter

O'Reilly & Associates, 1996 - Computers - 646 pages

"Programming Perl, 2nd Edition" is the authoritative guide to Perl version 5, the scripting utility that has established itself as the programming tool of choice for the World Wide Web, UNIX system administration, and a vast range of other applications. Version 5 of Perl includes object-oriented programming facilities. The book is coauthored by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl.Perl is a language for easily manipulating text, files, and processes. It provides a more concise and readable way to do many jobs that were formerly accomplished (with difficulty) by programming with C or one of the shells. Perl is likely to be available wherever you choose to work. And if it isn't, you can get it and install it easily and free of charge.This heavily revised second edition of "Programming Perl" contains a full explanation of the features in Perl version 5.003. Contents include: An introduction to PerlExplanations of the language and its syntaxPerl functionsPerl library modulesThe use of references in PerlHow to use Perl's object-oriented featuresInvocation options for Perl itself, and also for the utilities that come with PerlOther oddments: debugging, common mistakes, efficiency, programming style, distribution and installation of Perl, Perl poetry, and so on.

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Contents

• An Overview of Perl: 1
• The Gory Details: 35
• Functions: 141

About the author

Larry Wall originally created Perl while a programmer at Unisys. He now works full time guiding the future development of the language as a researcher and developer at O'Reilly Media, Inc.. Larry is known for his idiosyncratic and thought-provoking approach to programming, as well as for his groundbreaking contributions to the culture of free software programming. He is the principal author of the bestselling Programming Perl, known colloquially as "the Camel book.

Randal L. Schwartz is a two-decade veteran of the software industry. He is skilled in software design, system administration, security, technical writing, and training. Randal has coauthored the "must-have" standards: Programming Perl, Learning Perl, Learning Perl for Win32 Systems, and Effective Perl Learning, and is a regular columnist for WebTechniques, PerformanceComputing, SysAdmin, and Linux magazines. He is also a frequent contributor to the Perl newsgroups, and has moderated comp.lang.perl.announce since its inception. His offbeat humor and technical mastery have reached legendary proportions worldwide (but he probably started some of those legends himself). Randal's desire to give back to the Perl community inspired him to help create and provide initial funding for The Perl Institute. He is also a founding board member of the Perl Mongers (perl.org), the worldwide Perl grassroots advocacy organization. Since 1985, Randal has owned and operated Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. Randal can be reached for comment at [e-mail] or [phone], and welcomes questions on Perl and other related topics.

Tom Christiansen is a freelance consultant specializing in Perl training and writing. After working for several years for TSR Hobbies (of Dungeons and Dragons fame), he set off for college where he spent a year in Spain and five in America, dabbling in music, linguistics, programming, and some half-dozen different spoken languages. Tom finally escaped UW-Madison with B.A.s in Spanish and computer science and an M.S. in computer science. He then spent five years at Convex as a jack-of-all-trades working on everything from system administration to utility and kernel development, with customer support and training thrown in for good measure. Tom also served two terms on the USENIX Association Board of directors. With over fifteen years' experience in UNIX system administration and programming, Tom presents seminars internationally. Living in the foothills above Boulder, Colorado, surrounded by mule deer, skunks, and the occasional mountain lion and black bear, Tom takes summers off for hiking, hacking, birding, music making, and gaming.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Programming Perl; A Nutshell handbook: Programming; Nutshell handbook, ISSN 2691-1248; Unix Programming
• Authors: Collectif,, Larry Wall, Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Christiansen, Stephen Potter
• Editors: Larry Wall, Steve Talbot
• Compiled by: Stephen Potter
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates, 1996
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Nov 16, 2007
• ISBN: 1565921496, 9781565921498
• Length: 646 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Operating Systems / UNIX