Book details of 'Perl Cookbook'

Title	Perl Cookbook
Author(s)	Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, Larry Wall
ISBN	1565922433
Language	English
Published	September 1998
Publisher	O'Reilly & Associates

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Reviewer amazon.co.uk wrote:
In the world of art, a picture can paint a thousand words. In the world of computing a good example does much the same thing. The Perl Cookbook is a superb collection of coding snippets which cover all manner of subject areas in a fashion that proves suitable for beginners and established programmers alike. From date formatting and text searching to socket programming and creating Internet services, it's all here and each is a little gem. Authors Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington have done a sterling job of documenting each code snippet through explanatory text and in-line comments which goes a long way to helping the casual user understand what is going on and more importantly, how and why. As a volume in its own right, the Cookbook is an essential desktop reference for anyone with an interest in programming the language, but combined with O'Reilly's other weighty Perl tomes--Learning Perl, Programming Perl and Advanced Perl Programming--it forms the final piece in one of the most thorough and comprehensive documentation sets for any programming language.
Reviewer Koos van den Hout wrote:
This is literally a cookbook. Recipes for great stuff in Perl are to be found in this book. Since the wise approach with Perl is to check first whether someone has already done the same or something similarly and has published the results this is a great book with sample scripts for a lot of situations. Recommended for people who use Perl regularly and don't want to reinvent the wheel every time.
Reviewer amazon.com wrote:
When the second edition of Programming Perl was released, the authors omitted two chapters: "Common Tasks with Perl" and "Real Perl Programs." Publisher O'Reilly & Associates soon realized that there would be too many pages in Programming Perl if it put updated recipes in the new edition. Instead, O'Reilly chose to release the many Perl code examples as a separate entity: The Perl Cookbook. The recipes are well documented and the examples aren't too arcane; even beginners will be able to pick up the lessons taught here. The authors write in relatively easy-to-understand language (for a technical guide). Through this book and its arsenal of recipes, you will learn many new things about Perl to help you through your toughest projects. The next time you're working on a project at 2 a.m., you'll thank yourself for the guidance and direction The Perl Cookbook provides.
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