Programming Perl

by Larry Wall

Other authorsRandal L. Schwartz (Author), Tom Christiansen (Author)

Paper Book, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

005.13

Library's review

Indeholder "Preface", "1. An Overview of Perl", " Getting Started", " Natural and Artificial Languages", " A Grade Example", " Filehandles", " Operators", " Control Structures", " Regular Expressions", " List Processing", " What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You (Much)", "2. The Gory Details", "

Lexical Texture", " Built-in Data Types", " Terms", " Pattern Matching", " Operators", " Statements and Declarations", " Subroutines", " Formats", " Special Variables", "3. Functions", " Perl Functions by Category", " Perl Functions in Alphabetical Order", "4. References and Nested Data Structures", " What Is a Reference?", " Creating Hard References", " Using Hard References", " Symbolic References", " Braces, Brackets, and Quoting", " A Brief Tutorial: Manipulating Lists of Lists", " Data Structure Code Examples", "5. Packages, Modules, and Object Classes", " Packages", " Modules", " Objects", " Using Tied Variables", " Some Hints About Object Design", "6. Social Engineering", " Cooperating with Command Interpreters", " Cooperating with Other Processes", " Cooperating with Strangers", " Cooperating with Other Languages", "7. The Standard Perl Library", " Beyond the Standard Library", " Library Modules", "8. Other Oddments", " The Perl Debugger", " Common Goofs for Novices", " Efficiency", " Programming with Style", " Distribution and Installation", " Perl Poetry", " History Made Practical", "9. Diagnostic Messages", "Glossary", "Index", "Colophon".

Glimrende bog, der både formår at være referencemanual og appetitvækker på alle de mange ting, som den ikke kan nå at dække.

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Publication

Beijing : O'Reilly, 1996.

Description

Adopted as the undisputed Perl bible soon after the first edition appeared in 1991, Programming Perl is still the go-to guide for this highly practical language. In this much-anticipated update to "the Camel," three renowned Perl authors cover the language up to its current version, Perl 5.14, with a preview of features in the upcoming 5.16.

Media reviews

webtechniques

Programming Perl [Third Edition] is the most authoritative book on Perl, and the authors' prose is a joy to read. While it may not be the best book for learning Perl, it's certainly worth having on your bookshelf.

User reviews

LibraryThing member felius

The "Camel Book", as this book is often called, is the Perl Bible. It's not only an exhaustive reference, but clearly written any *funny* to boot. The humour pervades the text, making a sometimes dry subject much more approachable.

No Perl programmer can afford to be without this book, and anybody

considering writing a technical reference should refer to this book to see how it's done.

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LibraryThing member hippietrail

Absolutely indispensible. I've tried other Perl books when I couldn't get my hands on mine and none even compare. Obviously later editions are even better.

LibraryThing member amartineau

A classic. I own two copies, at work and at home. Sometimes I pick a page at random, I'm sure it will make me laugh in a page or two.

LibraryThing member all4metals

I would say that this is THE BOOK for learning Perl. Funny and easy to read.

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Subjects

Perl (Computer program language)

programming languages

Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

2012 (4th edition)

1996-08 (2nd edition)

Physical description

xxi, 645 p.; 23.1 cm

ISBN

1565921496 / 9781565921498

Local notes

Omslag: Edie Freedman
Omslaget viser en kamel - enpuklet dromedar - og kolofonen på side 648 nævner at kamelen er altædende og fx kan finde på at spise ejerens telt, hvis den mangler mad
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi

Pages

xxi; 645

Library's rating

Rating

(181 ratings; 4.1)

DDC/MDS

005.13