Perl for C Programmers

Introduction

This is the book I wish I’d had when I was learning Perl. The problem with most Perl books is that they are written by Perl programmers for Perl programmers. This makes things difficult for the C and C++ programmer coming to Perl.

This book explains Perl in a language you can understand. Good, simple programming style is stressed so that you can write not just Perl programs, but working, maintainable Perl programs.

You will find that this book is shorter, yet conveys more, than most other Perl books. That’s because this book doesn’t treat you like a dummy and doesn’t reproduce a lot of online documentation. (I’ll tell you how to find it online.) Because of this, you are getting all the information you need in a compact, well-formed ...