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. Perl Cookbook Two experienced Perl writers present a collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for Perl programmers.
Topics range from beginner questions to techniques for experienced programmers.
Covered topics include manipulation of strings, numbers, dates, and hashes, reading and writing text and binary files, pattern matching and text substitutions, and signals and exceptions. Whether your knowledge of Perl is casual or deep, this book will make you a more accomplished programmer. Here you can learn the complex techniques for production-ready Perl programs. So you've learned Perl, but you're getting frustrated. Perhaps you've taken on a larger project than the ones you're used to.