Perl 5 Tutorial, First Edition

Perl 5 Tutorial
First Edition
Chan Bernard Ki HongPerl is copyright by Larry Wall.
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Perl 5 Tutorial
First Edition
Author: Chan Bernard Ki Hong (webmaster@cbkihong.com)
Web site: http://www.cbkihong.com
Date of Printing: December 24, 2003
Total Number of Pages: 241
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Web site.Contents
1 Introduction to Programming 1
1.1 What is Perl? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 A Trivial Introduction to Computer Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3 Scripts vs. Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.4 An Overview of the Software Development Process . . . ...