Beginning Perl

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 700 pages
• Published by: Wrox Press
• Edition: 1st Edition May 25, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1861003145
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1861003140
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.4 inches
• Weighs: 2.4 pounds

Book Description
Perl is an immensely popular scripting language that combines the best features of C, key UNIX utilities and a powerful use of regular expressions. It has a wide range of uses beyond simple text processing and is commonly used for web programming - creating and parsing CGI forms, validating HTML syntax and hyperlinks - as well as e-mail and Usenet news filtering. Perl is increasingly the system administrator's scripting language of choice and is used for file and directory manipulation, database access and a whole range of daily system operator chores.

Book Info
Text takes the reader from installation, through the core language elements (regular expressions, references, modules, and the like), and on to basic applied techniques. Also covers how to access and work with databases in Perl and write CGI scripts to generate Web pages. Perl 5.6 is used in all the examples, and a handy reference section is included. Softcover.

Reader Reviews
There is a second edition by the same title coming out, but without Simon Cozen listed as an author. Cannot say whether the 2nd edition is any good, but the out-of-print 1st edition is excellent. The first edition can be found online. I believe Simon is going to take a break from writing for a while. I hope he finds his way back to writing about Perl eventually. Comment | | (Report this)