Programming Perl

Programming Perl
ISBN-10
1565921496
ISBN-13
9781565921498
Series
Programming Perl
Category
Computers / General
Pages
646
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
O'Reilly & Associates
Authors
Larry Wall, Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Christiansen

Description

"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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