The Classic Guide to Solving Real-Wo r ld Problems with Perl—Now Fully up da ted fo r Today’s Best Idioms! Fo r years, experienced programmers have relied on Effective Perl Programming to discover better ways to solve problems with Perl. Now, in this long-awaited second edition, three renowned Perl programmers bring together today’s best idioms, techniques, a nd examples: everything you need to write mo r e powerful, fluent, expressive, a nd succinct code with Perl. Nearly twice the size of the first edition, Effective Perl Programming, Second Edition, offers everything fr om rules of thumb to avoid common pitfalls to the latest wisdom fo r using Perl modules. You won’t just learn the right ways to use Perl: You’ll learn why these approaches wo r k so well. New coverage in this edition includes Reo r ganized a nd expa nded material spanning twelve years of Perl evolution Eight new chapters on CPAN, databa ses, distributions, files a nd fileha ndles, production Perl, testing, Unicode, a nd warnings up da tes fo r Perl 5.12, the latest version of Perl Systematically up da ted examples reflecting today’s best idioms You’ll learn how to wo r k with strings, numbers, lists, arrays, strictures, namespaces, regular expressions, subroutines, references, distributions, inline code, warnings, Perl::Tidy, data munging, Perl one-liners, a nd a whole lot mo r e. Every technique is o r ganized in the same Items fo r mat that helped make the first edition so convenient a nd popular.