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Programming Perl 3rd Edition
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 future direction. Tom Christiansen
was one of the first champions of the language, and lives
and breathes the complexities of Perl internals as few
other mortals do. Jon Orwant is the editor of
The Perl Journal, which has brought together the Perl
community as a common forum for new developments in Perl.
Any Perl book can show the syntax of Perl's functions, but
only this one is a comprehensive guide to all the nooks and
crannies of the language. Any Perl book can explain
typeglobs, pseudohashes, and closures, but only this one
shows how they really work. Any Perl book can say that my
is faster than local, but only this one explains why. Any
Perl book can have a title, but only this book is
affectionately known by all Perl programmers as "The Camel."
This third edition of Programming Perl has been expanded to
cover version 5.6 of this maturing language. New topics
include threading, the compiler, Unicode, and other new
features that have been added since the previous edition.
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