Higher-order Perl a guide to program transformation
Most Perl programmers were originally trained as C and Unix programmers, so the Perl programs that they write bear a strong resemblance to C programs. However, Perl incorporates many features that have their roots in other languages such as Lisp. These advanced features are not well understood and a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
2005
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Most Perl programmers were originally trained as C and Unix programmers, so the Perl programs that they write bear a strong resemblance to C programs. However, Perl incorporates many features that have their roots in other languages such as Lisp. These advanced features are not well understood and are rarely used by most Perl programmers, but they are very powerful. They can automate tasks in everyday programming that are difficult to solve in any other way. One of the most powerful of these techniques is writing functions that manufacture or modify other functions. For example, instead of wri |
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| Item Description: | Includes indexes |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 582 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 0080478344 1423708172 6611010084 9781423708179 1281010081 9781558607019 1558607013 9780080478340 9786611010089 9781281010087 |