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Linux Magazine: Learning Perl

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 30, 2005

“When the 4th edition of Learning Perl came out, I was curious
to see what had changed between the covers of the “Llama book.” A
couple of years ago, I was pretty sure that, by the time a new
edition of the Llama book was at my local bookstore, it would be
covering Perl 6. Since Perl 6 is still in development, it looks
like we’ll have to wait until the next edition (and, one hopes, no
longer!) to see Learning Perl take it on.

“In addition to reading through Learning Perl, I also had a
chance to have a short chat with two of the book’s authors, Randal
L. Schwartz… and brian d foy…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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