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Perl - books in our Library
This page is a listing of the books on the subject of Perl in our library, which is available for use by trainees who attend our public training courses.
TITLE
Programming Perl
EDITION
3rd
ISBN
0-596-00027-8
AUTHOR(S)
Jon Orwant, Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2000
LEVEL(S)
2 to 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
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 ... more

TITLE
Perl Cookbook
EDITION
1st
ISBN
1-56592-243-3
AUTHOR(S)
Nathan Torkington, Tom Christiansen
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
1998
LEVEL(S)
2 to 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
The Perl Cookbook is a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for anyone programming in Perl. Topics range from beginner questions to techniques that even the most experienced ... more

TITLE
Beginning Perl
EDITION
1st
ISBN
1-861003-14-5
AUTHOR(S)
Peter Wainwright, Simon Cozens
PUBLISHER
Wrox Press Inc.
PUBLISHED
2001
LEVEL(S)
1 to 3 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
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 practically ... more

TITLE
Elements of Programming with Perl
EDITION
1st
ISBN
1-884777-80-5
AUTHOR(S)
Andrew L. Johnson
PUBLISHER
Manning Publications Co.
PUBLISHED
1999
LEVEL(S)
1 to 3 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Many neophyte programmers now begin their careers by learning the metalanguage Perl. But the books currently available on Perl assume their readers already understand the basics of writing and designing ... more

TITLE
Effective Perl Programming
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-201-41975-0
AUTHOR(S)
Joseph N. Hall, Randal L. Schwartz
PUBLISHER
Addison-Wesley
PUBLISHED
1997
LEVEL(S)
4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Perl experts Joseph Hall and Randal Schwartz share sixty concise lessons, focusing on programming techniques, pointers, rules of thumb, and the pitfalls to avoid, enabling students to make the most of ... more

TITLE
Open Source Web Development with LAMP
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-201-77061-X
AUTHOR(S)
Brent Ware, James Lee
PUBLISHER
Addison-Wesley
PUBLISHED
2002
LEVEL(S)
2 and 3 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Open Source technologies are providing contemporary developers with a range of cost-effective and robust alternatives to commercial software for building dynamic, data-driven Web applications. This practical ... more

TITLE
Perl, The Programmer's Companion
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-471-97563-X
AUTHOR(S)
Nigel Chapman
PUBLISHER
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
PUBLISHED
1997
LEVEL(S)
2 to 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Perl The Programmer's Companion Nigel Chapman Perl is a powerful and flexible programming language. A programmer can easily put together short Perl programs to perform tasks that might otherwise require ... more

TITLE
Perl 5 Pocket Reference
EDITION
3rd
ISBN
0-596-00032-4
AUTHOR(S)
Johan Vromans
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2000
LEVEL(S)
2 to 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Revised to cover Perl Version 5.6, this quick reference provides a complete overview of the Perl programming language, all packed into a convenient, carry-around booklet.
This third edition covers:
* ... more

TITLE
Perl Best Practices
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00173-8
AUTHOR(S)
Damian Conway
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2005
LEVEL(S)
3 to 5 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Many programmers code by instinct, relying on convenient habits or a "style" they picked up early on. They aren't conscious of all the choices they make, like how they format their source, the names they ... more

TITLE
Mastering Regular Expressions
EDITION
2nd
ISBN
0-596-00289-0
AUTHOR(S)
Jeffrey Friedl
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2002
LEVEL(S)
3 to 5 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Regular expressions are an extremely powerful tool for manipulating text and data. They have spread like wildfire in recent years, now offered as standard features in Perl, Java, VB.NET and C# (and any ... more

TITLE
Perl Cookbook
EDITION
2nd
ISBN
0-596-00313-7
AUTHOR(S)
Nathan Torkington, Tom Christiansen
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2003
LEVEL(S)
3 and 4 [about levels]
WHC Favourite
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SYNOPSIS
Find a Perl programmer, and you'll find a copy of Perl Cookbook nearby. Perl Cookbook is a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for anyone programming in Perl. The book ... more

TITLE
Perl! I Didn't Know You Could Do That ...
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-7821-2862-9
AUTHOR(S)
Martin C. Brown
PUBLISHER
Sybex
PUBLISHED
2000
LEVEL(S)
4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Discover All the Cool Things You Can Do with Perl
Intensify your Web site with the amazing tips and tricks found in this book. Learn how to create dazzling Web sites that will have em' in awe of your skill. ... more

TITLE
CGI Programming with Perl
EDITION
2nd
ISBN
1-56592-419-3
AUTHOR(S)
Gunther Birznieks, Scott Guelich, Shishir Gundavaram
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2000
LEVEL(S)
3 and 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Programming on the Web today can involve any of several technologies, but the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) has held its ground as the most mature method--and one of the most powerful ones--of providing ... more

TITLE
Perl Black Book
EDITION
1st
ISBN
1-57610-465-6
AUTHOR(S)
Steven Holzner
PUBLISHER
Coriolis Group Books
PUBLISHED
1999
LEVEL(S)
2 to 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
This is the most comprehensive Perl book available. With more than 1,000 examples, this unique book covers Perl from the most basic syntax to the most advanced Internet programming. From creating guest ... more

TITLE
Beginning Perl
EDITION
2nd
ISBN
1-59059-391-X
AUTHOR(S)
James Lee, Peter Wainwright, Simon Cozens
PUBLISHER
Apress
PUBLISHED
2004
LEVEL(S)
1 and 2 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Immensely popular Perl combines the best features of C, key UNIX utilities, and powerful regular expressions. Perl is commonly used for web programming, as well as email and Usenet news filtering. Fast ... more

TITLE
Regular Expression Recipes:A Problem-Solution Approach
EDITION
1st
ISBN
1-59059-441-X
AUTHOR(S)
Nathan A. Good
PUBLISHER
Apress
PUBLISHED
2005
LEVEL(S)
2 to 4 [about levels]
WHC Favourite
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SYNOPSIS
Regular Expressions are an essential part of programming, but they sure are hard to come to grips with, aren't they? Fortunately, we have the answer for you! Regular Expression Recipes provides you with ... more

TITLE
DeBugging Perl
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-07-212676-0
AUTHOR(S)
Martin C. Brown
PUBLISHER
McGraw-Hill
PUBLISHED
2000
LEVEL(S)
2 and 3 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Write error-free programs from development to deployment!
Sidestep disaster with the tips, techniques, and expert insights contained in this one-of-a-kind resource. Debugging Perl shows you, step-by-step, ... more

TITLE
Programming Perl in the .NET Environment
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-13-065206-7
AUTHOR(S)
Robert J. Oberg, Yevgeny Menaker
PUBLISHER
Prentice Hall
PUBLISHED
2002
LEVEL(S)
2 to 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
* Master PerlNET: the best of Perl and .NET together!
* Build fully compliant .NET components in Perl
* Practical, hands-on coverage of programming with Perl for Windows Forms, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, and more
* ... more

TITLE
Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web - Visual Quickstart
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-201-35358-X
AUTHOR(S)
Elizabeth Castro
PUBLISHER
Peachpit Press
PUBLISHED
1998
LEVEL(S)
2 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Perl is by far the most popular programming language for creating scripts that add powerful interactive features to Web pages. Included on most UNIX platforms and available free of charge for Windows and ... more

TITLE
Network Programming with Perl
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-201-61571-1
AUTHOR(S)
Lincoln D. Stein
PUBLISHER
Addison-Wesley
PUBLISHED
2000
LEVEL(S)
4 and 5 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Network Programming with Perl is a comprehensive, example-rich guide to creating network-based applications using the Perl programming language. Among its many capabilities, modern Perl provides a straightforward ... more

TITLE
Perl to Python Migration
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-201-73488-5
AUTHOR(S)
Martin C. Brown
PUBLISHER
Addison-Wesley
PUBLISHED
2001
LEVEL(S)
2 and 3 [about levels]
This book is no longer in print
 
SYNOPSIS
Are you a Perl programmer who would like to be able to programme in Python? Brimming with a wealth of practical examples and resources this book will show you how.
The first section will show you the basic ... more

TITLE
Perl Medic: Transforming Legacy Code
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-201-79526-4
AUTHOR(S)
Peter J. Scott
PUBLISHER
Addison-Wesley
PUBLISHED
2004
LEVEL(S)
3 and 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Cure whatever ails your Perl code!
Maintain, optimize, and scale any Perl software... whether you wrote it or not
Perl software engineering best practices for enterprise environments
Includes case studies ... more

TITLE
Bioinformatics Biocomputing and Perl
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-470-85331-X
AUTHOR(S)
Paul Barry, Michael Moorhouse
PUBLISHER
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2004
LEVEL(S)
3 to 5 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Bioinformatics, Biocomputing and Perl presents a modern introduction to bioinformatics computing skills and practice. Structuring its presentation around four main areas of study, this book covers the ... more

TITLE
Web Programming Languages Sourcebook
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-471-17576-5
AUTHOR(S)
Gordon McComb
PUBLISHER
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
PUBLISHED
1997
LEVEL(S)
1 and 2 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
A time-saving collection of all the important programming and scripting languages Webmasters need
Whether you're working in a Windows, Macintosh, or UNIX environment, you must choose from a multitude ... more

TITLE
Official Guide to Programming with CGI.pm
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-471-24744-8
AUTHOR(S)
Lincoln D. Stein
PUBLISHER
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
PUBLISHED
1998
LEVEL(S)
3 and 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Written by a noted CGI innovator, this book provides a tutorial on CGI and scripting. It also covers the author's unique short-cut CGI tool that cuts scripting time in half. Companion Web site contains ... more

TITLE
Fast Track Web Programming
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-471-32426-4
AUTHOR(S)
Dave Cintron
PUBLISHER
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
PUBLISHED
1999
LEVEL(S)
2 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to create original Web applications.
Are you a legacy programmer ready to take the leap into Web programming? A Webmaster who wants to learn how to develop ... more

TITLE
ActivePerl with ASP and ADO
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-471-38314-7
AUTHOR(S)
Tobias Martinsson
PUBLISHER
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2000
LEVEL(S)
2 and 3 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
A programmer's guide to creating faster, more robust, interactive Web pages using PerlScript
PerlScript is an emerging scripting language that lets UNIX programmers write easy code for powerful and hot ... more

TITLE
Programming the Network with Perl
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-471-48670-1
AUTHOR(S)
Paul Barry
PUBLISHER
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2002
LEVEL(S)
3 to 5 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
It is no longer enough for today's software engineers to be able to program the computer and debug programs - the modern programmer needs to know how to program the network and debug communications. This ... more

TITLE
Web Programming: Building Internet Applications
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-471-49669-3
AUTHOR(S)
Chris Bates
PUBLISHER
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2000
LEVEL(S)
2 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Demonstrating not only how to use commonly available tools to create dynamic webpages, this book also covers server side technologies. The aim is to show by example how to employ technologies to good effect. ... more

TITLE
Proceedings of the Perl Conference 4.0
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00013-8
AUTHOR(S)
Jon Orwant
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2000
LEVEL(S)
5 [about levels]
Order Proceedings of the Perl Conference 4.0 from amazon.co.uk
SYNOPSIS
July 17-20, 2000
Monterey, California
www.conferences.oreilly.com Further details

TITLE
mod_perl Pocket Reference
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00047-2
AUTHOR(S)
Andrew Ford
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2000
LEVEL(S)
4 and 5 [about levels]
This book is no longer in print
 
SYNOPSIS
Apache is the world's most popular web server, and Perl is the most popular server-side web scripting language. mod_perl is the Apache module that brings the two together, giving Perl programmers full ... more

TITLE
Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00080-4
AUTHOR(S)
James Tisdall
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2001
LEVEL(S)
2 and 3 [about levels]
Order Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics from amazon.co.uk
SYNOPSIS
With its highly developed capacity to detect patterns in data, Perl has become one of the most popular languages for biological data analysis. But if you're a biologist with little or no programming experience, ... more

TITLE
Learning Perl
EDITION
3rd
ISBN
0-596-00132-0
AUTHOR(S)
Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2001
LEVEL(S)
2 and 3 [about levels]
Order Learning Perl from amazon.co.uk
SYNOPSIS
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." ... more

TITLE
Perl CD Bookshelf, The
EDITION
2nd
ISBN
0-596-00164-9
AUTHOR(S)
various
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2001
LEVEL(S)
3 to 5 [about levels]
This edition has been replaced
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SYNOPSIS
Five bestselling books on CD-ROM. Perl programmers alert! The Perl CD Bookshelf, version 2.0, includes five of the bestselling 0'Reilly Perl titles on a CD-ROM plus the hardcopy version of Perl and a Nutshell. ... more

TITLE
Perl & LWP
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00178-9
AUTHOR(S)
Sean M. Burke
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2002
LEVEL(S)
3 to 5 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Perl soared to popularity as a language for creating and managing web content, but with LWP (Library for WWW in Perl), Perl is equally adept at consuming information on the Web. LWP is a suite of modules ... more

TITLE
Perl & XML
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00205-X
AUTHOR(S)
Erik T. Ray, Jason McIntosh
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2002
LEVEL(S)
3 and 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
XML is a text-based markup language that has taken the programming world by storm. More powerful than HTML yet less demanding than SGML, XML has proven itself to be flexible and resilient. XML is the perfect ... more

TITLE
Programming Web Services with Perl
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00206-8
AUTHOR(S)
Pavel Kulchenko, Randy J. Ray
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2002
LEVEL(S)
3 to 5 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Given Perl's natural fit for web applications development, it's no surprise that Perl is also a natural choice for web services development. It's the most popular web programming language, with strong ... more

TITLE
Linux Web Server CD Bookshelf, The
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00208-4
AUTHOR(S)
Ellen Siever, Jessica P. Heckman, Stephen Figgins, Stephen Spainhour
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2001
LEVEL(S)
3 and 4 [about levels]
This edition has been replaced
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SYNOPSIS
More and more, technology professionals are relying on the Web, online help, and other online information sources to solve their tough problems. Now O'Reilly's Linux Web Server CD Bookshelf gives you the ... more

TITLE
Perl for Oracle DBAs
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00210-6
AUTHOR(S)
Andy Duncan, Jared Still
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2002
LEVEL(S)
2 to 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Perl is a very powerful tool for Oracle database administrators, but too few DBAs realize how helpful Perl can be in managing, monitoring, and tuning Oracle databases. Whether you're responsible for Oracle9i, ... more

TITLE
Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00225-4
AUTHOR(S)
Dave Rolsky, Ken Williams
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2002
LEVEL(S)
4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Mason doesn't aim to be the one true Perl-based templating system for building web sites, but it's led many programmers to abandon their custom solutions when they've seen how much easier using Mason can ... more

TITLE
Practical mod_perl
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00227-0
AUTHOR(S)
Eric Cholet, Stas Bekman
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2003
LEVEL(S)
3 and 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
mod_perl embeds the popular programming language Perl in the Apache web server, giving rise to a fast and powerful web programming environment. Practical mod_perl is the definitive book on how to use, ... more

TITLE
Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00307-2
AUTHOR(S)
James Tisdall
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2003
LEVEL(S)
3 and 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
Historically, programming hasn't been considered a critical skill for biologists. But now, with access to vast amounts of biological data contained in public databases, programming skills are increasingly ... more

TITLE
Computer Science & Perl Programming
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00310-2
AUTHOR(S)
Jon Orwant
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2002
LEVEL(S)
4 and 5 [about levels]
Order Computer Science & Perl Programming from amazon.co.uk
SYNOPSIS
In its first five years of existence, The Perl Journal ran 247 articles by over 120 authors. Every serious Perl programmer subscribed to it, and every notable Perl guru jumped at the opportunity to write ... more

TITLE
Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk
EDITION
1st
ISBN
0-596-00311-0
AUTHOR(S)
Jon Orwant
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2003
LEVEL(S)
4 and 5 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
In its first five years of existence, The Perl Journal (TPJ) became the voice of the Perl community. Every serious Perl programmer subscribed to it, and every notable Perl guru jumped at the opportunity ... more

TITLE
Perl Pocket Reference
EDITION
4th
ISBN
0-596-00374-9
AUTHOR(S)
Johan Vromans
PUBLISHER
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
PUBLISHED
2002
LEVEL(S)
2 to 4 [about levels]
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SYNOPSIS
The Perl Pocket Reference is an invaluable reference for those who find themselves frequently searching for a quick answer to a question or reminder of a syntax rule. This handy, well-organized quick reference ... more