Programming Perl (3rd Edition)
by By Wall, Larry, Christiansen, Tom, and Orwant, Jon
Category: Computers , Programming Languages , JavaScript

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. 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 ofThe 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.