This complete guide to the Perl programming language ranges widely
through the Perl programmer's universe, gathering together in a
convenient form a wealth of information about Perl itself and its
application to CGI scripts, XML processing, network programming,
database interaction, and graphical user interfaces. The book is an
ideal reference for experienced Perl programmers and beginners
alike.With more than a million dedicated programmers, Perl is proving to
be the best language for the latest trends in computing and business,
including network programming and the ability to create and manage web
sites. It's a language that every Unix system administrator and serious
web developer needs to know. In the past few years, Perl has found its
way into complex web applications of multinational banks, the U.S.
Federal Reserve, and hundreds of large corporations.In this second
edition, Perl in a Nutshell has been expanded to include coverage of
Perl 5.8, with information on Unicode processing in Perl, new functions
and modules that have been added to the core language, and up-to-date
details on running Perl on the Win32 platform. The book also covers Perl
modules for recent technologies such as XML and SOAP.Here are just some
of the topics contained in this book:
As part of the successful "in a Nutshell" book series from O'Reilly &
Associates, Perl in a Nutshell is for readers who want a single
reference for all their needs."In a nutshell, Perl is designed to make
the easy jobs easy, without making the hard jobs impossible."-- Larry
Wall, creator of Perl
