Advanced Perl Programming is a technical book on the Perl programming language, authored by Sriram Srinivasan and first published in 1997 by O'Reilly Media. The book focuses on advanced concepts and techniques used in production-level Perl development, offering insight into the design and implementation of real-world Perl applications.
A second edition of the book was published in 2005, authored by Simon Cozens and edited by Allison Randal.
The book achieved commercial success, selling over 120,000 copies and being translated into seven languages, including Simplified Chinese, Czech, French, Japanese, Polish, German, and Traditional Chinese
Charles Stross called Advanced Perl Programming sections on networking and object-oriented programming "well-nigh indispensable". Eric S. Raymond called Sriram Srinivasan's commentary on the Perl language "uniformly intelligent, incisive and tasteful". Donald Bryson of Network Computing magazine called the book "full of useful information, well written, beautifully set, and technically accurate".
References
External links
- Online Catalog: Advanced Perl Programming, 1st edition
- Chapter One as well as the complete set of code examples in the book.