Programming Perl, ISBN 0-596-00027-8, best known as the Camel Book among programmers, is a book and ebook about writing programs using the Perl programming language, revised as several editions (1991-2009) to reflect major language changes since Perl version 4. Editions have been co-written by the creator of Perl, Larry Wall, along with Randal L. Schwartz, then Tom Christiansen and then Jon Orwant. Published by O'Reilly, the book is considered th...
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Programming Perl, ISBN 0-596-00027-8, best known as the Camel Book among programmers, is a book and ebook about writing programs using the Perl programming language, revised as several editions (1991-2009) to reflect major language changes since Perl version 4. Editions have been co-written by the creator of Perl, Larry Wall, along with Randal L. Schwartz, then Tom Christiansen and then Jon Orwant. Published by O'Reilly, the book is considered the canonical reference work for Perl programmers. With over a thousand pages, the various editions contain complete descriptions of each Perl language version and its interpreter. Examples range from trivial code snippets to the highly complex expressions for which Perl is notorious. The camel book editions are also noted for being written in an approachable and humorous style.
The first edition (ISBN 9780937175644), which would eventually gain the nickname "the pink camel" due to its pink spine, was originally published in January 1991. This...
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