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  learn.perl.org: Beginning Perl
Perl is a well-established programming language that has been developed through the time and effort of countless free software programmers into an immensely powerful tool that can be used on pratically every operating system in the world.
Perl started out as the "Swiss army knife" of computer languages and was used primarily by system administrators, but over time it's grown into an immensely robust language used by web-developers and programmers worldwide.
If you want to learn how to program with Perl and then find out far you can go with it, this is the book for you.
learn.perl.org /library/beginning_perl   (279 words)

  
 How to Program Perl
Perl was first devised for manipulating text and taking care of UNIXish systems administration tasks, but it was quickly made a general-purpose language.
Learning to use regexps is a big part of this.
Learn to install ones that interest you, and feel free to look at their source.
www.speech.cs.cmu.edu /~sburke/pub/perl.html   (606 words)

  
 Learning Perl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Learning Perl, also known as the llama book, is a tutorial book for the Perl programming language, and is published by O'Reilly.
The fourth edition, by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix and brian d foy, was published on July 22, 2005, and covers Perl version 5.8.
In 2003, Schwartz published a follow-up to the Llama - Learning Perl Objects, References and Modules.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Learning_Perl   (225 words)

  
 Perl Resources and Reviews
Perl made inroads because it is a general programming language combing the power of the shell languages we all loved with OS access and good performance.
Perl is more powerful, more portable, and has a much larger audience of proficient programmers and available code.
Perl is not as fast as C or C++ for many categories of applications.
www.possibility.com /Perl   (2918 words)

  
 Learning Perl, part 2 LG #64
Perl uses an interesting concept, found in a few other languages, of the default buffer - also referred to as the default variable and the default pattern space.
Perl "knows" that we're matching against the default variable, and it "knows" that the "print" statement applies to the same thing.
Perl Golf is fun to play, but be careful: it's easy to write code that will work but will require lots of head-scratching to understand.
www.linuxgazette.com /issue64/okopnik.html   (2131 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Learning Perl (A Nutshell Handbook): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Learning Perl draws on the expertise of two of the major supporters of this highly flexible language, Randal Schwatrz and Tom Christiansen, to produce an introductory manual which manages to be concise yet informative throughout.
It does not teach you everything there is to know about perl in fact it only teaches you anoth to get started but it walks you throw each stage teaching you in a logical maner from very simple -programs to throws that are usefull.
After you have finished this book I recomend that you read Programming Perl witch teaches you the bulk of perl but does not hold your hand so much but once you have read Learning Perl you will be able to use the information from Programing Perl as you go throw to build up your knolidge.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1565922840   (1251 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Learning Perl, Third Edition: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
If you ask Perl programmers today what book they relied on most when they were learning Perl, you'll find that an overwhelming majority will name Learning Perl--also known affectionately as "the Llama." The first edition of Learning Perl appeared in 1993 and has been a bestseller ever since.
I learned Perl with Laura LeMay's "Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days" which is a much gentler intro to Perl and also covers Perl in Windows and the Mac.
Learn from my Jekyll and Hyde experience with the llama: if you are trying to learn Perl and you have previous Unix experience, buy the book.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596001320?v=glance   (1995 words)

  
 Learn How to Use CGI and Perl / WebDeveloper.com ®
In Perl, such a structure is easily created and accessed; though to the novice the process may not be intuitive.
Perl Medic is a start-to-finish guide to understanding that code, maintaining it, updating it, and refactoring it for maximum performance and reliability.
Although Perl may have been born and raised in the Unix universe, the world's favorite practical extraction and reporting language has had an established home on Windows for some time.
www.webdeveloper.com /cgi-perl   (867 words)

  
 learn.perl.org: The site for people learning Perl.
Learning Perl is the tutorial book, covering how you could spend the first 30 to 40 hours with Perl.
Surely, Perl is not a panacea, but it has certainly made our lives a little bit better.
Perl 6 Essentials is the first book that offers a peek into the development of the new Perl language while it's still in flux.
learn.perl.org   (1894 words)

  
 Learning Perl, Third Edition
In this smooth, carefully paced course, a leading Perl trainer teaches you to program in the language that threatens to make C, sed, awk, and the Unix shell obsolete for many tasks.
I learned perl from this book on unix and on windows, and moreover it was a fine read as it happens to be well written.
Although perl has its roots in unix, perl IS perl, it's about the language and it's the same for 99% whether you are learning it on ux or on windows - it's os agnostic and that's one of it's strengths.
www.tutorgig.com /store/PR0596001320   (421 words)

  
 Learning Perl, part 1 LG #61
Perl has been variously referred to as "A scripting language with delusions of full language-hood", "The Swiss Army Chainsaw of Unix", "The duct tape of the Web", and other equally, umm, complimentary names.
Actually, Perl's error checking is pretty good stuff, with relatively readable messages; it's just that semicolons, being statement separators, often cause the error to be reported as being on the next line down.
Perl treats "white space" - tabs and spaces - with the contempt it deserves, i.e., it's ignored.
www.linuxgazette.com /issue61/okopnik.html   (2121 words)

  
 Downloading the Latest Version of Perl
Perl Package Manager: Use the Perl Package Manager (PPM) to easily view and install the large collection of modules and extensions that are available in binary packages at the ActiveState Package Repository.
Perl was originally envisioned and written for Unix.
Note that the standard Perl distribution compiles even on most closed-source systems now, so the ports directory is of somewhat limited utility for them.
www.perl.com /pub/language/info/software.html   (957 words)

  
 Learning Perl
This is tutorial material on Perl mostly in the form of CGI programs that I write from time to time, trying to learn Perl.
String handling is what makes Perl so powerful but also so difficult to learn.Yes in Perl you have variables where you can put strings of characters.
Another important thing to know about strings in Perl is that string operators use the predefined variable $_ as default operand.
www.ba.infn.it /~zito/learning/leaperl.html   (721 words)

  
 Manning Data Munging with Perl
You will learn how to decouple the various stages of munging programs, how to design data structures, how to emulate the Unix filter model, etc. If you need to work with complex data formats it will teach you how to do that and also how to build your own tools to process these formats.
If you are not a Perl programmer, this book may just convince you to add Perl to your repertoire.
If you are interested in learning where to buy this book in a language other than English, please inquire at your local bookseller.
www.manning.com /cross   (418 words)

  
 Learning Perl
Learning Perl, also known as the llama book, is a tutorial book for the Perl programming language, and is published by O'Reilly & Associates;.
The latest is the third edition published in July 2001 and covers Perl 5.6.
The publisher offers a free sample of Chapter Four [1] as well as complete set of code examples presented in the book.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/le/learning_perl.html   (123 words)

  
 Learning Perl, part 5 LG #69
The "-i", "-w", "-p", and "-e" switches were described in the second part of this series; as a quick overview, this will edit the contents of the file by looping through it and acting on each line.
The Perl "warn" mechanism is enabled, and the script to be executed runs from the command line.
The standard Perl distribution comes with a number of useful modules (for short descriptions of what they do, see "Standard Modules" in 'perldoc perlmodlib'); one of them is the CPAN module, which automates the module downloading, unpacking, building, and installation process.
www.linuxgazette.com /issue69/okopnik.html   (2416 words)

  
 ProQuest Information and Learning - Learning Perl, 3rd Edition
Written by two of the most prominent and active members of the Perl community, this book is the quintessential tutorial for the Perl programming language.
The third edition of Learning Perl has not only been updated for Perl 5.6, but has also been rewritten from the ground up to reflect the needs of programmers learning Perl today.
Informed by their years of success at teaching Perl as consultants, the authors have re-engineered the book to better match the pace and scope appropriate for readers trying to get started with Perl, while retaining the detailed discussion, thorough examples, and eclectic wit for which the book is famous.
proquest.safaribooksonline.com /0596001320   (1504 words)

  
 Beginner's Guide to CGI Scripting with Perl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
This page is designed to help novice programmers learn the Perl programming language.
In particular, many of the resources for learning Perl seemed to assume that I was already an experienced programmer, or at least an experienced Unix user.
One of Perl's claims to fame is that it makes "easy things easy" - which it does, but among the things it makes easy are the accidental mangling of your files, or the opening up of gaping security holes on your Web server.
www.lies.com /begperl   (322 words)

  
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Please note that many applications use Perl modules and the documentation for those modules can be found on CPAN.
An introduction to Perl's three basic data structures: scalars, arrays of scalars, and associative arrays of scalars, also known as hashes.
The basic IPC facilities of Perl are built out of the good old Unix signals, named pipes, pipe opens, the Berkeley socket routines, and SysV IPC calls.
www.perl.com /pub/v/documentation   (686 words)

  
 Perl.com: The Source for Perl -- perl development, perl conferences
Perl 6 is the long-awaited rewrite of the venerable Perl programming language.
Perl's suitability as a glue language allows you to connect two applications that wouldn't normally communicate by translating their data files between formats.
Perl lets you be productive in everything from quick and dirty throwaway programs to big, business-critical applications.
www.perl.com   (2256 words)

  
 Amazon.de:  Learning Perl/ TK. Graphical User Interfaces with Perl.: English Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
By combining the rough-and-ready Perl language with the graphical user interface (GUI) capabilities of the Tk toolkit, Perl/Tk makes it easy to write event-based GUI applications quickly--once you know what you're doing.
With Tk, Perl programs can be window-based rather than command-line based, with buttons, entry fields, listboxes, menus, and scrollbars.
Originally developed for the Tel language, the Perl port of the Tk toolkit liberates Perl programmers from the world of command-line options, STDIN, and STDOUT, allowing them to build graphical, event-driven applications for both Windows and UNIX.
www.amazon.de /exec/obidos/ASIN/1565923146   (996 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Learning Perl, Second Edition: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Learning Perl is a hands-on tutorial designed to get you writing useful Perl scripts as quickly as possible.
Perl is a language for easily manipulating text, files, and processes.
Perl technical support is informally available -- often within minutes -- from a pool of experts who monitor a USENET newsgroup (comp.lang.perl.misc) with tens of thousands of readers.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1565922840?v=glance   (1855 words)

  
 perl.oreilly.com -- Welcome to the O'Reilly Perl Center -- computer books, perl books, perl programming
Perl Success Stories--Learn how large and small companies are using Perl to meet their goals.
With Pugs and Parrot playing nicely and bringing Perl 6 to the rest of us, enterprising early adopters are experimenting with porting their popular Perl 5 modules to Perl 6.
For one thing, Perl is still and always under development; for another, there's no rush.
perl.oreilly.com   (946 words)

  
 Learning Perl the Hard Way   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Many of the Perl programs I have seen are written in a quick-and-dirty style; I wanted to see if the style I have developed in other languages can translate.
In many Perl books, object-oriented programming is treated as an optional feature for advanced programming.
In presenting Perl features, I tried to find examples that are interesting in their own right, and that encourage the reader to explore Perl's features.
www.greenteapress.com /perl   (283 words)

  
 Perl Primer-The Beginner's Guide to Learning Perl and CGI
My name is Jeff and I had been in the process learning Perl/CGI since March of 1997.
I hope to meet some of the needs of beginners who are learning Perl.
I find PHP easier to learn and like the fact that it was designed specifically for Web development.
www.webdesigns1.com /perl   (169 words)

  
 Downloading the Latest Version of Perl
The source code is distributed as either a Unix-style tar archive compressed by GNU zip (gz) or as a PC-style ZIP archive.
If you are looking to run Perl on a non-native system, then have a look at the /CPAN/ports/ directory.
Also, try to contact other Perl users in your organization or your community for help.
language.perl.com   (957 words)

  
 Learning Perl - TutorGig Store - UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Learning Perl Objects, References and Modules, O'Reilly £17.46
Having started reading this book as someone who had the impression that Perl was difficult to understand and hard to code, I am now enlightened and will be using Perl extensively on my web sites.
Regular expressions are covered briefly but do need a book by themselves (as published by O'Reilly) and a reasonable knowledge of programming is useful to follow some examples.
www.tutorgig.co.uk /store/PR0596001320   (882 words)

  
 jobs.perl.org: The Perl Job site
With over 1,000,000 Perl programmers around the world as our workforce pool, why wouldn't you use jobs.perl.org?
OO Perl Developer for Enterprise Scale IT Environment, The Armada Group
Senior PERL developer; Team Lead, Liquidity Services, inc
jobs.perl.org   (145 words)

  
 Perl Documentation
Pod::ParseUtils - helpers for POD parsing and conversion
Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts don't work.
perldoc.cpan.org   (4844 words)

  
 CGI Programming 101 - Learn CGI Today!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
CGI programming is easy to learn; if you know HTML, you can learn CGI.
If you'd like to learn how to build your own message board or web log (blog) programs using CGI, don't miss CGI Programming 201.
Here are a number of other books about Perl, MySQL, PHP and Java that may be useful to you.
www.cgi101.com /book   (591 words)

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