Modern Perl, Fourth Edition
Prepared exclusively for none ofyourbusiness Prepared exclusively for none ofyourbusiness Early Praise for Modern Perl, Fourth Edition A dozen years ago I was sure I knew what Perl looked like: unreadable and obscure. chromatic showed me beautiful, structured expressive code then. He’s the right guy to teach Modern Perl. He was writing it before it existed. ➤ Daniel Steinberg President, DimSumThinking, Inc. A tour de force of idiomatic code, Modern Perl teaches you not just “how” but also “why.” ➤ David Farrell Editor, PerlTricks.com If I had to pick a single book to teach Perl 5, this is the one I’d choose. As I read it, I was reminded of the first time I read K&R. It will teach everything that one needs to know to write Perl 5 well. ➤ David Golden Member, Perl 5 Porters, Autopragmatic, LLC I’m about to teach a new hire Perl using the first edition of Modern Perl. I’d much rather use the updated copy! ➤ Belden Lyman Principal Software Engineer, MediaMath It’s not the Perl book you deserve. It’s the Perl book you need. ➤ Gizmo Mathboy Co-founder, Greater Lafayette Open Source Symposium (GLOSSY) Prepared exclusively for none ofyourbusiness We've left this page blank to make the page numbers the same in the electronic and paper books. We tried just leaving it out, but then people wrote us to ask about the missing pages. Anyway, Eddy the Gerbil wanted to say “hello.” Prepared exclusively for none ofyourbusiness Modern Perl, Fourth Edition chromatic The Pragmatic Bookshelf Dallas, Texas • Raleigh, North Carolina Prepared exclusively for none ofyourbusiness Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks.
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