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''Learning Perl'', also known as the ''llama book'', is a tutorial book for the Perl programming language, and is published by O'Reilly . The fourth edition, by Randal L. Schwartz , Tom Phoenix , and Brian D Foy , was published on July 22 , 2005 , and covers Perl version 5.8.

Unlike '' Programming Perl '', this book is aimed at computer programmers new to Perl. The publisher offers a free sample of Chapter Eleven as well as complete set of code examples presented in the book. [http://examples.oreilly.com/learnperl4/

Randal L. Schwartz (the original sole author) selected the world of '' The Flintstones '' for the examples in this book, giving rise to the somewhat frequent use of ''Fred'' and ''Barney'' as Metasyntactic Variable s, rather than the classic ''foo'' and ''bar''.

In 2003 , Schwartz published a follow-up to the Llama, '' Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules ''. It picks up where ''Learning Perl'' left off. In 2005 , '' Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules '' was updated by Schwartz and Foy and re-titled '' Intermediate Perl ''. '' Mastering Perl '', the third book in the trilogy and follow-up to ''Intermediate Perl'', was published in July 2007 .


EDITIONS

  • First edition ( 1993 ; 274 pages; ISBN 1-56592-042-2)

  • Second edition ( 1997 ; 300 pages; covers Perl 5.004; ISBN 1-56592-284-0)

  • Third edition ( 2001 ; 330 pages; covers Perl 5.6; ISBN 0-596-00132-0)

  • Fourth edition ( 2005 ; 312 pages; covers Perl 5.8; ISBN 0-596-10105-8)



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