Learning Perl book cover

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. Download high resolution version (504x662, 133 KB)Cover of Learning Perl, 3rd Edition. ... Download high resolution version (504x662, 133 KB)Cover of Learning Perl, 3rd Edition. ... Perl, also Practical Extraction and Report Language (a backronym, see below) is an interpreted procedural programming language designed by Larry Wall. ... OReilly Media (formerly OReilly & Associates) is an American media company established by Tim OReilly that publishes books and web sites and produces conferences on computer technology topics. ... Randal L. Schwartz Randal L. Schwartz (born November 22, 1961) is an American author, system administrator and programming consultant. ... brian d foy is the publisher and editor of The Perl Review, founder of Perl Mongers, and a veteran of the Iraq War. ... 22 July is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Unlike Programming Perl, this book is aimed to novice users. The publisher offers a free sample of Chapter Eleven [1] as well as complete set of code examples presented in the book. [2] Programming Perl book cover Programming Perl, best known as the camel book among hackers, is a book about writing programs or scripts using the Perl programming language. ...

Randal L. Schwartz (the original sole author) selected the world of The Flintstones for the examples in this book, giving rise to the somewhat frequent use of Fred and Barney as metasyntactic variables, rather than the classic foo and bar. The Flintstones, an American animated series created by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, is one of the most successful animated television series of all time, originally running in American prime time for six seasons, from 1960 to 1966, on the ABC network. ... A metasyntactic variable is either a placeholder name (a kind of alias term, commonly used to denote the subject matter under discussion), or a random member of a class of things under discussion. ...

In 2003, Schwartz published a follow-up to the Llama - Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules. It picks up where Learning Perl left off. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cover of Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules, published in 2003 by OReilly (ISBN 0596004788), is a follow-up to the highly popular Learning Perl book by Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Phoenix. ...

Editions

• First edition (1993; 274 pages; ISBN 1565920422)
• Second edition (1997; 300 pages; covers Perl 5.004; ISBN 1565922840)
• Third edition (2001; 330 pages; covers Perl 5.6; ISBN 0596001320)
• Fourth edition (2005; 312 pages; covers Perl 5.8; ISBN 0596101058)

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External links

• O'Reilly Online catalog: Learning Perl, 4th editon
• Acatopia.org: Post Solutions and Ask Questions about Learning Perl