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Title: Effective Perl Programming: Writing Better Programs With Perl by Joseph N. Hall, Randal L. Schwartz ISBN: 0-201-41975-0 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 30 December, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.81 (42 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: a masterpiece
Comment: "Effective Perl Programming" is a *very* useful book, well-written, with transparent examples. It is recommended for intermediate and beginner programmers. My scripts indeed started to run (and look) better after using just several of the numerous techniques described in this book! "Effective Perl Programming" occupies the niche left previously empty in the Perl literature.

It is different from its closest counterpart, "Perl Cookbook", in the following aspects. "Effective Perl Programming" describes a smaller number of very highly versatile techniques. Also, the small format, modular structure and clear style of "Effective Perl Programming" allows one to read it anywhere, in addition to using it as a great desk book.

Rating: 5
Summary: Pearls of wisdom for the Perl progammer
Comment: The day I got this book, I turned to page 1 and started reading. Two hours later, I had made it only to page 80. Why? Because this book is DENSE and FULL of tips and tricks that will expand the horizons of the intermediate programmer. I spent a lot of time studying the numerous examples in order to soak up all the information that was being presented.

I've been programming with Perl since 1992 and teach it at a community college. And yet with every turn of the page, I learned something new. Examples:

Making regular expressions more efficient

Using map() and grep()

How to call a subroutine from inside a string

Great stuff! The techniques I've learned from this book have been incorporated into my new Perl scripts and they are shorter and faster than ever before.

I can't lavish enough praise on this book. Authors Joseph Hall and Randal Schwartz should be commended. If you have been using Perl for some time and want to hone your skills, get this book now.

Rating: 5
Summary: excellent
Comment: As a previous reviewer said, this isn't a book for advanced perl programmers. For intermediate users, however, it is excellent. No time wasted covering the perl basics, just lots of useful tips and hacks

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