Full name: Higher-Order Perl: Transforming Programs with Programs

Author: Mark Jason Dominus Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Computer Science, Programming Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781558607019 1558607013

Most Perl programmers were originally trained as C and Unix programmers, so the Perl programs that they write bear a strong resemblance to C programs. However, Perl incorporates many features that have their roots in other languages such as Lisp. These advanced features are not well understood and are rarely used by most Perl programmers, but they are very powerful. They can automate tasks in everyday programming that are difficult to solve in any other way. One of the most powerful of these techniques is writing functions that manufacture or modify other functions. For example, instead of writing ten similar functions, a programmer can write a general pattern or framework that can then create the functions as needed according to the pattern. For several years Mark Jason Dominus has worked to apply functional programming techniques to Perl. Now Mark brings these flexible programming methods that he has successfully taught in numerous tutorials and training sessions to a wider audience. • Introduces powerful programming methods-new to most Perl programmers-that were previously the domain of computer scientists • Gradually builds up confidence by describing techniques of progressive sophistication • Shows how to improve everyday programs and includes numerous engaging code examples to illustrate the methods Similar books: Computer Science & Perl Programming by Jon Orwant Perl & LWP by Sean M. Burke Effective Perl Programming by Joseph N. Hall Perl Best Practices by Damian Conway Perl Testing by Ian Langworth Object Oriented Perl by Damian Conway Perl Cookbook by Tom Christiansen Advanced Perl Programming by Sriram Srinivasan Mastering Algorithms with Perl by John Macdonald Perl in a Nutshell by Ellen Siever Programming the Perl DBI by Tim Bunce Perl and XML by Erik T. Ray Perl Pocket Reference by Johan Vromans Programming Perl by Larry Wall Learning Perl by Randal L. Schwartz The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan Code Complete by Steve McConnell Refactoring by Martin Fowler Effective Java by Joshua Bloch Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson