作者：Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, brian d foy
出版日期：July 2005
出版社：O'Reilly
页数：304
ISBN：ISBN 10: 0-596-10105-8 | ISBN 13: 9780596101053
文件格式：CHM

Learning Perl, better known as “the Llama book”, starts theprogrammer on the way to mastery. Written by three prominent members ofthe Perl community who each have several years of experience teachingPerl around the world, this edition has been updated to account for allthe recent changes to the language up to Perl 5.8. Perl is the languagefor people who want to get work done. It started as a tool for Unixsystem administrators who needed something powerful for small tasks.Since then, Perl has blossomed into a full-featured programminglanguage used for web programming, database manipulation, XMLprocessing, and system administration–on practically allplatforms–while remaining the favorite tool for the small daily tasksit was designed for. You might start using Perl because you need it,but you’ll continue to use it because you love it. Informed by theiryears of success at teaching Perl as consultants, the authors havere-engineered the Llama to better match the pace and scope appropriatefor readers getting started with Perl, while retaining the detaileddiscussion, thorough examples, and eclectic wit for which the Llama isfamous. The book includes new exercises and solutions so you canpractice what you’ve learned while it’s still fresh in your mind. Hereare just some of the topics covered:
Perl variable typessubroutinesfile operationsregular expressionstext processingstrings and sortingprocess managementusing third party modulesIf you ask Perl programmers today what book they relied on most whenthey were learning Perl, you’ll find that an overwhelming majority willpoint to the Llama. With good reason. Other books may teach you toprogram in Perl, but this book will turn you into a Perl programmer.