Customer Review: If you are programming in Perl, this is a required book to have. It is the definitive manual on the language written by the author of the language, yet is very readable.
Customer Review: This is a very accessible introduction to data structures and algorithms in Perl. It doesn't go into a lot of theory, it isn't going to answer your computer science homework, but it does give a good feel for the various applications of algorithm research. Plus, the code is all in Perl, which is... more info
Customer Review: The material is great, but the first edition (at least) suffers from enough typesetting flaws to make some content difficult to follow. There are several instances where the prose indicates some text is supposed to be highlighted in some way but it is not e.g; bold to indicate differences from an... more info
Customer Review: This is a tome at 600 pages. But at 48 chapters each one is really small. This is because the book is actually a set of articles. Some of the articles are fantastic and very helpful. Specifically between 18 and 23, which cover text handling for stuff like smart searching and internationalization.... more info
Customer Review: The problem I've seen with technical books is that either they are in tutorial/textbook format which includes lessons and then review questions at the end of each chapter, or they are purely reference type books ideal for looking up things on occasion and not really good for a beginner to learn the... more info
Customer Review: Jon Orwnat is the bestest Perl author ever. I learnded all the stuff I ever neededed to know about getting starteded in Perl from Perl 5. I have already recommendeded this book to much of my friend and now wants every boddy to know hows it good. Please write more of those, Mister Orwnat!
