bThe Classic Guide to Solving Real-World Problems with Perl-Now Fully Updated for Today's Best Idioms!/b p /ppFor years, experienced programmers have relied on biEffective Perl Programming /i/bto discover better ways to solve problems with Perl. Now, in this long-awaited second edition, three renowned Perl programmers bring together today's best idioms, techniques, and examples: everything you need to write more powerful, fluent, expressive, and succinct code with Perl./pp /ppNearly twice the size of the first edition, biEffective Perl Programming, Second Edition, /i/boffers everything from rules of thumb to avoid common pitfalls to the latest wisdom for using Perl modules. You won't just learn the right ways to use Perl: You'll learn why these approaches work so well./pp /ppNew coverage in this edition includes/pp /pulliReorganized and expanded material spanning twelve years of Perl evolution /liliEight new chapters on CPAN, databases, distributions, files and filehandles, production Perl, testing, Unicode, and warnings /liliUpdates for Perl 5.12, the latest version of Perl /liliSystematically updated examples reflecting today's best idioms/li/ulp /ppYou'll learn how to work with strings, numbers, lists, arrays, strictures, namespaces, regular expressions, subroutines, references, distributions, inline code, warnings, Perl::Tidy, data munging, Perl one-liners, and a whole lot more. Every technique is organized in the same Items format that helped make the first edition so convenient and popular./p