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Programming Perl

Wall, Larry. (Author). Christiansen, Tom. (Added Author). Orwant, Jon. (Added Author).

Summary: Perl is a powerful programming language that has grown in popularity since it first appeared in 1988. The first edition of this book, Programming Perl, hit the shelves in 1990, and was quickly adopted as the undisputed bible of the language. Since then, Perl has grown with the times, and so has this book. Programming Perl is not just a book about Perl. It is also a unique introduction to the language and its culture, as one might expect only from its authors. Larry Wall is the inventor of Perl, and provides a unique perspective on the evolution of Perl and its.

Record details

ISBN: 1449391117
ISBN: 9781449391119
ISBN: 0596153678
ISBN: 9780596153670
ISBN: 9780596000271
ISBN: 0596000278
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 1067 pages) : illustrations
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Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Beijing ; Cambridge, Mass. : O'Reilly, 2000.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	An overview of Perl -- Bits and pieces -- Unary and binary operators -- Statements and declarations -- Pattern matching -- Subroutines -- Formats -- References -- Data structures -- Packages -- Modules -- Objects -- Overloading -- Tied variables -- Unicode -- Interprocess communication -- Threads -- Compiling -- The command-line interface -- The Perl debugger -- Internals and externals -- CPAN -- Security -- Common practices -- Portable Perl -- Plain old documentation -- Perl culture -- Special names -- Functions -- The standard Perl library -- Pragmatic modules -- Standard modules -- Diagnostic messages --Glossary -- Index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.