''Intermediate Perl'' is a book about the
Perl programming language by
Randal L. Schwartz
Randal L. Schwartz (born November 22, 1961), also known as merlyn, is an American author, system administrator and programming consultant. He has written several books on the Perl programming language, and plays a promotional role within the Per ...
,
brian d foy and Tom Phoenix, published in 2006 by
O'Reilly Media
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. It was released as a retitled second edition of ''Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules'' () by Schwartz and Phoenix, published by O'Reilly Media in 2003 to favorable reviews.
A second edition of ''Intermediate Perl'' was released in 2012.
''Intermediate Perl'' is a follow-up to ''Learning Perl''. Just as ''Learning Perl'' features a
llama
The llama (; ) (''Lama glama'') is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since the Pre-Columbian era.
Llamas are social animals and live with others as a herd. Their wool is so ...
on its cover, its follow-up features an
alpaca
The alpaca (''Lama pacos'') is a species of South American camelid mammal. It is similar to, and often confused with, the llama. However, alpacas are often noticeably smaller than llamas. The two animals are closely related and can success ...
. For this reason, they are sometimes referred to as, respectively, "the llama book" and "the alpaca book".
This book is written in very much the same style as its predecessor. It picks up right where ''Learning Perl'' left off, and takes the reader from the most basic features of Perl references all the way through to creating
Perl module A Perl module is a discrete component of software for the Perl programming language. Technically, it is a particular set of conventions for using Perl's package mechanism that has become universally adopted.
A module defines its source code to b ...
s and distributing them to
CPAN
The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) is a repository of over 250,000 software modules and accompanying documentation for 39,000 distributions, written in the Perl programming language by over 12,000 contributors. ''CPAN'' can denote eith ...
.
Editions
* First edition (2006; )
* Second edition (2012; )
References
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External links
O'Reilly Catalog: Learning Perl Objects, References & ModulesO'Reilly Catalog: Intermediate Perl, 2nd Edition
2003 non-fiction books
O'Reilly Media books
Books about Perl