Mastering Algorithms with Perl
by John Macdonald, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Jon Orwant
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Many programmers would love to use Perl for projects that involve heavy lifting, but miss the many traditional algorithms that textbooks teach for other languages. Computer scientists have identified many techniques that a wide range of programs need, such as: Fuzzy pattern matching for text (identify misspellings!)Finding correlations in dataGame-playing algorithmsPredicting phenomena such as Web trafficPolynomial and spline fitting Using algorithms explained in this book, you too can show more carry out traditional programming tasks show lessTags
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After reading this book, I thought to myself: Why didn’t I have this back in college? Considering it was published prior to that, there was really no excuse, aside from just not realizing it existed. Granted, I would have needed to know Perl at the time, which I didn’t.
But, assuming that sygyzy, this book would have been perfect for helping me get through my college algorithms class with no sweat. While the text I used was fine, all the examples were in pseudocode. Since I now speak Perl as a second language, a book full of algorithmic education focused on Perl would have been right up my alley, getting me by with an easy A.
It’s a good resource from a non-academic point of view, too! If you program Perl, either at home or at work, show more and encounter problems that can be solved with some algorithmic goodness (and most problems can be solved this way), then you may find use in this book as well.
Be you an academic, a professional, or a hobbyist when it comes to Perl, you’ll find something for you in this book. show less
But, assuming that sygyzy, this book would have been perfect for helping me get through my college algorithms class with no sweat. While the text I used was fine, all the examples were in pseudocode. Since I now speak Perl as a second language, a book full of algorithmic education focused on Perl would have been right up my alley, getting me by with an easy A.
It’s a good resource from a non-academic point of view, too! If you program Perl, either at home or at work, show more and encounter problems that can be solved with some algorithmic goodness (and most problems can be solved this way), then you may find use in this book as well.
Be you an academic, a professional, or a hobbyist when it comes to Perl, you’ll find something for you in this book. show less
This book is not for the novice programmer, but it is an absolute treasure for more advanced developers. It covers most of the 'classic' algorithms (see Knuth et al) and shows well written Perl code for these.
Even if you aren't specifically look for an algorithm book, this one will help you make your code more readable, concise and robust.
Even if you aren't specifically look for an algorithm book, this one will help you make your code more readable, concise and robust.
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