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Randal L Schwartz,Brian D Foy,Tom Phoenix

Learning Perl: Making Easy Things Easy and Hard Things Possible

Learning Perl: Making Easy Things Easy and Hard Things Possible

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Learning Perl is the eighth edition of the popular introductory Perl course taught by the authors since 1991. It covers recent changes to the language up to version 5.34 and teaches you the basics and how to write simple, single-file programs. Other books may teach you to program in Perl, but this book will turn you into a Perl programmer.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 398 pages
Publication date: 07 September 2021
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA


If you're just getting started with Perl, this is the book you want - whether you're a programmer, system administrator, or web hacker.


Nicknamed the "Llama" by two generations of users, this best seller closely follows the popular introductory Perl course taught by the authors since 1991.


This eighth edition covers recent changes to the language up to version 5.34.


Perl is suitable for almost any task on almost any platform, from short fixes to complete web applications.


Learning Perl teaches you the basics and shows you how to write simple, single-file programs - roughly 90% of the Perl programs in use today.


And each chapter includes exercises to help you practice what you've just learned.


Other books may teach you to program in Perl, but this book will turn you into a Perl programmer.


Topics include:


Perl data and variable types


Subroutines


File operations


Regular expressions


String manipulation (including Unicode)


Lists and sorting


Process management


Use of third-party modules

Weight: 698g
Dimension: 175 x 232 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781492094951
Edition number: 8 ed

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