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> Formerly known as Perl 6. ↩ I’m in a desparate need of a message from Captain Obvious right now. I know nothing about perl
by unkulunkulu 3y ago
> Formerly known as Perl 6. ↩
I’m in a desparate need of a message from Captain Obvious right now. I know nothing about perl
- thyrsus 3y agoPerl was published by Larry Wall in 1987; Perl 5 appeared in 1994 and has been remarkably stable since then -- I have code from 1998 that still works great. It feels like a more powerful sed or awk, and has an enormous available online library at cpan.org. There are many books describing it; start with "Programming Perl" by Larry Wall; get advice on elegance from "Modern Perl" by Chromatic; if you want to build an Internet component smaller than an available module (or get guidance on the implementation thereof), "Network Programming with Perl" by Lincoln Stein is superb.