Programming Perl

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O'Reilly & Associates, 1996 - Computers - 645 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 Per
1
The Gory Details
35
Functions
141
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

argument ARGV array assignment associative array AUTOLOAD backslash Berkeley DB block bytes C-specific Chapter character chdir child process command line compiler contains CPAN DB_File debugger declaration default defined delete delimiter element error eval evaluated example exec executed exit EXPR file descriptors filehandle filename foreach format function returns glob global grep hash Here's Identical to Perl's implemented input integer interpolation interpreted language lexical list context loop Makefile MakeMaker manpage metacharacters method module newline null object option output package parameter parentheses parsed pattern match Perl's built-in pipe POSIX printf regular expression return value routine run-time scalar context setuid shell socket specified split statement STDIN STDOUT string subroutine substr switch symbol table syntax system call thing typeglob unary unary operator undefined value UNIX variable waitpid write

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About the author (1996)

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 Schwartz is one of the bestselling authors of all time, having been fortunate enough to coauthor two of the seminal books on learning Perl. In addition to writing Programming Perl and Learning Perl, Randal has been the Perl columnist for UNIX Review, Web Techniques, Sys Admin, and Linux Magazine. 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 undergraduate degrees in Spanish and computer science and a graduate degree 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 thirty years' experience in Unix systems programming, Tom presents seminars internationally. Living in the foothills above Boulder, Colorado, Tom takes summers off for hiking, hacking, birding, music making, and gaming.

Bibliographic information

TitleProgramming Perl
A Nutshell handbook: Programming
Nutshell handbook, ISSN 2691-1248
Unix Programming
Web developers library
AuthorsLarry Wall, Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Christiansen
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherO'Reilly & Associates, 1996
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedNov 16, 2007
ISBN1565921496, 9781565921498
Length645 pages
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