The Road to Perl

This series of programming languages guides are designed for people with programming experience who require a quick excursion into learning another language. Designed as a travel guide, each book provides a hand reference to the language with hints and tips on what to do in an "emergency", how to optimize programs, common programming mistakes and how to avoid them. Providing a practical introduction to the language with numerous worked examples, the book also includes a phrase book (libraries) and currency (literals and variables). Each title includes coverage of: history; culture; religion; essentials; getting there; things to take; environment; currency; traditions; emergencies; getting around; dialect; snapshots; souvenirs; phrase book; excursions; traveller's tales; and onward. Perl is an easy-to-use scripting language which is useful to use on the World Wide Web, UNIX system adminstration in addition to many other applications.
 
This series of programming languages guides are designed for people with programming experience who require a quick excursion into learning another language. Designed as a travel guide, each book provides a hand reference to the language with hints and tips on what to do in an "emergency", how to optimize programs, common programming mistakes and how to avoid them. Providing a practical introduction to the language with numerous worked examples, the book also includes a phrase book (libraries) and currency (literals and variables). Each title includes coverage of: history; culture; religion; essentials; getting there; things to take; environment; currency; traditions; emergencies; getting around; dialect; snapshots; souvenirs; phrase book; excursions; traveller's tales; and onward. Perl is an easy-to-use scripting language which is useful to use on the World Wide Web, UNIX system adminstration in addition to many other applications.