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I use the Perl programming language a lot; in fact, I earn my living by it when I'm not writing.
This page contains various ancient bits of writing about Perl that I think are likely to confuse anyone who's starting out in this field. Or annoy them. Or convey understanding.
This is all old stuff, dating to the mid-90s. Don't assume it's good and useful, okay? I can't believe I wrote some of this ...
Perl Information Sources All you ever wanted to know about Perl. References in Perl 5 Understanding Perl's implementation of pointers. Common CGI scripting errors And how not to make them. Terse and Ugly or Short and Sweet? How to write unmaintainable code. The Perl 5 Zone Why Perl 5 is not like Perl 4. HTML maintenance toolkit Some tools for maintaining webs -- in Perl. use Lovecraft qw(cthulhu necronomicon); A not-so-serious comment on Programming Perl 5. Simple servers: #1 Writing a simple server in Perl Simple servers: #2 A Perl 5 module that implements a forking TCP/IP server
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