Mastering algorithms with Perl

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1. throwaway787544Jun 2022
   La Technique, Jacques Pepin

   Mastering The Art Of French Cooking, Julia Child

   These books are a combination of background information, recipe, and step by step instruction. So these are more a reference of how to write an implementation guide or Runbook, rather than how to describe an API or present architectural documents.

   I also really liked Mastering Algorithms With Perl, and any of the For Dummies books on technical subjects.

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2. knbknbApr 2022
   Can confirm. I have just started to re-read a few chapters (about Regexes and Unicode) of "Programming Perl" (4th edition from 2012) and "Mastering Algorithms with Perl" from 1999, and these books are really a joy to read.

   Witty language, and just the right amount of complexity.

   Although the number of pages is high, these books were produced with incredible attention to detail.

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3. peterwwillisOct 2012
   If you need to super-optimize execution you can build C or ASM code and call it via a library or inline it into your high-level language. Java can call functions in shared libraries (or use JNI) and Perl can inline straight C or ASM.

   I'm not sure why you'd want to get "all the juice" out of higher level languages, though. I thought the whole point was to abstract away from machine optimization? For example, to learn to write more efficient Perl I picked up "Mastering Algorithms with Perl" and it had loads of helpful tips.

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4. BenDaglishFeb 2012
   If you know perl, I highly recommend Mastering Algorithms With Perl - all code and barely any symbols :)
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5. cutlerJun 2020
   Friedl's masterpiece was my introduction to server-side programming in 2000. I'd been doing front-end for a few years with Dreamweaver and I was looking-up it's find & replace features in "Dreamweaver Bible 8" where regexes were mentioned as the ultimate weapon. "Mastering Regular Expressions" was referenced in a footnote and fortunately my local library had a copy. My mind was blown. Regex symbols were just so powerful and the examples were mainly written in Perl which added even more power to them. The book was part of O'Reilly's Perl bookshelf so in addition to Friedl's book I bought the other Perl classics - "Programming Perl", "Perl Cookbook", "Mastering Algorithms with Perl" and "Learning Perl". With CPAN downloaded to my local disk I felt like a hitch-hiker setting out on a journey around the world needing nothing more than Perl in my backpack. Those were the days. Now I have to download 200Mb of node_modules before I can get started.
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6. epi0BauquApr 2008
   Perl has been my primary language since 2000. I would learn it in the context of building an application. Read chapter 1 of the Camel Book (the basics), which you can get online. Then just jump in and search the web or look in the book when you run into problems.

   Note: tons of stuff has already been done for you at CPAN: http:://search.cpan.org

   I've also found the Perl Cookbook and Mastering Algorithms with Perl somewhat useful. However, much of their content is now in bits and pieces on the Web, and so searching for your specific problem often is enough. If you don't know the site already, check out http://perlmonks.org/.

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