Advanced Perl Programming, 2nd Edition

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About the Author.  Simon Cozens is an open source programmer and author. He has released over 100 Perl modules, including Email::Simple, Mail::Audit, Maypole, Plucene, and B::Generate. He’s the coauthor of Beginning Perl (Wrox) and Extending and Embedding Perl (Manning) and was the managing editor of Perl.com from 2001 to 2004. A graduate of Oxford University with a degree in Japanese, he now lives in Wales and enjoys Japanese and Greek food, bizarre music, and fine typography.

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The animal on the cover of Advanced Perl Programming, Second Edition is a black leopard. Most leopards are easily recognized by the rosette-patterned spots on their coat. Black leopards, often called “black panthers,” also have these spots, but they are difficult to see because of the darkness of the fur. Black leopards are born into the same litters as the more common yellowish leopards. They occur most frequently in the wet, forested areas of India and southeast Asia, where the dark color aids in camouflage and hunting.

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