Perl 6 Now: The Core Ideas Illustrated with Perl 5

by Scott Walters

* Perl 6 is not going to be available for quite a while, but, there is enormous interest in the Perl community (Perl use=14% and succeeds Linux and PHP in popularity) about its features and coding style / Many Perl 6-isms are suitable for production code and serious software development. * Most up-to-date text possible on the Perl language. * Walters assists with bimonthly Phoenix Perl Mongers user group meetings, often presenting. Presentations include demonstrations of his CPAN modules, current topics in software engineering, object-oriented programming techniques, information security, peer to peer architecture, ecommerce with credit card gateways, and other topics.

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First published December 16, 2004

Reviews

[Hunter Johnson]

Perl 6 Now, by Scott Walters. I read this before the Randal book above. Probably got more out of Randal's, but this was a good primer too.