Everything beginners need to start programming with Perl Perl is the ever-popular, flexible, open source programming language that has been called the programmers Swiss army knife. This book introduces Perl to both new programmers and experienced ones who are looking to learn a new language. In the tradition of the popular Wrox Beginning guides, it presents the newest features, real-world examples, and everything necessary for a novice to start programming with confidence. Perl is a flexible, open source programming language that sports great new features in the current release Introduces Perl to both new programmers and experienced ones who want to learn a new language Features an introduction to programming and provides real-world applications for todays workplace Covers text and data types; working with numbers; operators and functions; variables, lists, and hashes; loops and subroutines; managing input and output; object-oriented programming; testing and debugging; Perl on the Web; and more Beginning Perl gives new programmers the information and instruction they need to confidently start programming with Perl.