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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This language isn't the latest and greatest thing anymore, but it's still out there and it's influence on others was profound. Unusually witty and engaging for a programming manual. (  ) phrontist | Jul 10, 2009 |  As someone who used perl for a long period of time professionally, I say that this is the only worthwhile reference book for Perl. Of course you can always get your answers from an online reference, but this is "the" textual reference book. Even after using perl for years (and using the web for 95% of my coding references), I've popped this book open to remind myself of some key information I couldn't remember. Excellent book, and well suited to anyone's library. (  ) ceberon | Apr 24, 2008 | A classic, but way too dense. It fits it's purpose of presenting a general view of the language, but i haven't learned Perl from it. Well, i don't work with Perl at all, but knowing that it is such a powerful language i might take another peek at it in the near future. Or when Perl 6 is released. ( ) acrn | Feb 23, 2008 | The "Camel Book" is a classic. Long Live Perl! ( ) jdmays | Dec 15, 2007 | Absolutely essential for the Perl programmer. I learned Perl using this book and still refer to it from time to time. ( ) colinwu | Nov 7, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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Like Topsy, Perl just grew, and as a result the need for a third edition came about. It's now over 1,000 pages, which it needs to be, as it performs several different duties. First, it's an introduction to the Perl language for those who are new to programming; also, it's a guide for those who are coming from other languages; and, finally, it's a Perl language reference.
Among Larry Wall's other pursuits is being a linguist, and it's perhaps for this reason that Perl is a peculiarly flexible language with many routes to achieving the same ends, as the authors ably demonstrate. It's also extensible in several ways, designed to work with many other languages. Also, as it's largely interpreted, programs written in Perl tend to run unmodified on a variety of platforms--although platform-specific Perl modules and programming practices are also discussed.
A major strength of Programming Perl is the way subject areas are approached from several directions. This constant shift of viewpoint eliminates blind spots in the reader's understanding and provides a pleasing echo of the way Perl itself can take many routes from here to there.
Because the Perl community is both knowledgeable and active, the language covers much more ground here than in the previous edition. Even if you have both previous editions, you'll want this latest version--if only for the new jokes. --Steve Patient, amazon.co.uk
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