The publisher, O'Reilly and Associates
This second edition of Learning Perl, designed for those
who seek a rapid working knowledge of Perl and sporting a new
foreword by Perl author Larry Wall, fully covers the world of
Perl, version 5. In this new edition, program examples and
exercise answers have been radically updated to reflect
typical usage under Perl 5, and numerous details have been
added or modified. In addition, you'll find new sections
introducing Perl references and CGI programming. Perl is a
high-level, multipurpose language. It is used in diverse
system administration tasks, while also playing an endless
variety of roles in other areas. These range from data
reduction and report generation to distributed computing and
assorted auxiliary roles in software development. Perl has
even encroached upon the territory of C and other programming
languages. Learning Perl, written by a leading Perl
instructor, provides a systematic, step-by-step, tutorial
approach to learning the language. There are numerous short
code examples punctuating a relaxed, informal, and precise
tour of all the main features of the language. In addition,
each chapter contains exercise problems, together with their
solutions. Anyone who works through the book will be capable
of programming with a broad and productive range of Perl
features. For a comprehensive and detailed guide to advanced
programming with Perl, read O'Reilly's companion book,
Programming Perl.
