{"product_id":"programming-perl-tom-christiansen-9780596004927","title":"Programming Perl","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdopted as the undisputed Perl bible soon after the first edition appeared in 1991, \u003ci\u003eProgramming Perl\u003c\/i\u003e is still the go-to guide for this highly practical language. Perl began life as a super-fueled text processing utility, but quickly evolved into a general purpose programming language that's helped hundreds of thousands of programmers, system administrators, and enthusiasts, like you, get your job done. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this much-anticipated update to \"the Camel,\" three renowned Perl authors cover the language up to its current version, Perl 5.14, with a preview of features in the upcoming 5.16. In a world where Unicode is increasingly essential for text processing, Perl offers the best and least painful support of any major language, smoothly integrating Unicode everywhere--including in Perl's most popular feature: regular expressions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImportant features covered by this update include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew keywords and syntax \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI\/O layers and encodings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew backslash escapes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnicode 6.0 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnicode grapheme clusters and properties \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNamed captures in regexes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecursive and grammatical patterns \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpanded coverage of CPAN \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrent best practices \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Christiansen, Brian Foy, Larry Wall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0596004923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780596004927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e O'Reilly Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 6.99w x 2.12d","brand":"Tom Christiansen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996780396799,"sku":"9780596004927","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98aa45a3-1dd1-4fbf-a8a1-f8f7b8ba6a03.jpg?v=1683343647","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/programming-perl-tom-christiansen-9780596004927","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}