Publisher's Synopsis
Perl is a programming language developed by Larry Wall, specially designed for text processing. It stands for Practical Extraction and Report Language. It runs on a variety of platforms, such as Windows, Mac OS, and the various versions of UNIX. This book provides a complete understanding on Perl.
Why Learn Perl?
Though Perl is not officially an acronym few people used it as Practical Extraction and Report Language.
It is used for mission-critical projects in the public and private sectors.
Perl is an Open Source software, licensed under its Artistic License, or the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Perl was created by Larry Wall.
Perl 1.0 was released to Usenet's alt.comp.sources in 1987.
At the time of writing this book, the latest version of Perl was 5.16.2.
Perl is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.
PC Magazine announced Perl as the finalist for its 1998 Technical Excellence Award in the Development Tool category.
This Perl book has been prepared for beginners to help them understand the basic to advanced concepts related to Perl Scripting languages.
Before you start practicing with various types of examples given in this reference, we are making an assumption that you have prior exposure to C programming and Unix Shell.
