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Programming Perl is a book that provides the readers with key insights into the Perl programming language. Summary Of The Book Perl is a general purpose programming language, which is dynamic and high-level. It was developed by Larry Wall in 1987 for the purpose of easing report processing. This programming language is loaded with features from C, AWK, sed, and shell scripting. Programming Perl is a highly practical guide for programming using Perl. What started off as a text processing utility has now become the crutch for numerous coders and system administrators to get their job done. This book is regarded as the foundation stone for anyone who wants to gain a sound understanding of Perl. In total, there are 29 chapters in this book. Some of them include The Standard Perl Library, The Command-Line Interface, Statements and Declarations, Unary and Binary Operators, and Bits and Pieces. This edition of Perl Programming also comes with syntax and new keywords. It also provides insight into I/O layers. In this edition, the authors delve into the latest version of this programming language, which is Perl 5.14. Additionally, the readers are also given a snippet view into the new features in the upcoming version, i.e. Perl 5.16. This edition contains a great deal of information on CPAN, and the best practices in the industry currently. Unicode is now being utilized greatly for text processing, and Perl is one of the best choices for providing smooth integration of Unicode. The authors also provide insight into Unicode 6.0, and grapheme clusters and properties. Perl Programming is a must-have for any serious coder who wants to better their skills at Perl. About The Authors Tom Christiansen is an author and developer. Christiansen has authored Learning Perl, Learning Perl on Win32 Systems, and The Perl Cookbook. Christiansen was born on 13th February, 1963. He completed his undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He then worked for Convex Computer for five years. He founded the Tom Christiansen Perl Consultancy, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, in 1993. He currently resides in Boulder, Colorado. Brian D Foy is an author and trainer. Foy has also written Mastering Perl and Effective Perl Programming. Foy manages The Perl Review, helping individuals gain insights into Perl through code review and consulting. He is responsible for maintaining the perlfaq sections of the core Perl records, certain standalone scripts, and some units on CPAN. He previously worked at Stonehenge Consulting Services as an author and instructor. Larry Wall is an author and computer programmer. Wall was born in 1954. Wall is the creator of Perl, which he developed during his time at Unisys. He is currently involved full-time in developing this language. He studied at Seattle Pacific University, and later graduated from the University of California. Jon Orwant is an author and lecturer. Orwant completed his doctorate from the Electronic Publishing Group at MIT, and he is the founder of The Perl Journal. He currently works as the Engineering Manager at Google. He previously worked at O’Reilly and also taught at MIT.