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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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"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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