Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133 EAN: 9781558607019 ISBN: 1558607013 Label: Morgan Kaufmann Manufacturer: Morgan Kaufmann Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 600 Publication Date: March 28, 2005 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Sales Rank: 105907 Studio: Morgan Kaufmann
Product DescriptionMost 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
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Rating: - good book, for people with computer science background
good book, for people with computer science background! otherwise a little hard to understand the algorithm.
Rating: - Solving Problems using Perl in a Functiona Programming approach
Functional Programming is a programming paradigm that is very useful and must be part of the tool-arsenal of any software engineer and developer along with the well known Object Oriented Programming, the procedural programming approaches and the less known Aspect Oriented programming.
HOP gives an easy access to Functional Programming for Perl developers. The book is written in a personal manner and is fun to read and sometimes even funny. It is definitely not a dry factoid book.
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Rating: - a must-read book for serious Perl programmers
I had originally planned to read Higher Order Perl and write my review immediately. When it became clear that I wasn't going to read HOP straight through, I figured I'd write a review when I was done. More and more, it looks like my reading of the last two chapters is being indefinitely delayed. I'm going to write what I think so far, while it's still more or less fresh in my mind.
Higher Order Perl was originally going to be given some fairly bland name, like "Handbook of Advancted ... Read More
Rating: - Functional programming meets Perl, this is something special
In a book market awash with teach-yourself-in-x-time-units, cookbooks, and API tutorials, Higher-Order Perl is ambitious. It attempts to bring functional techniques to Perl, leaning heavily on two language features: closures, and functions as first-class entities. To enjoy this book you need to be completely comfortable with Perl's syntax, there's lots of code to read and digest, and if you can't follow it, you're going to get lost very quickly, because there are lots of new concepts going to be thrown ... Read More
Rating: - know perl, don't know functional programming - this DA book!
I am NOT a SW guy - I am a perl autodidact HW engineer. I have written some pretty BIG "scripts" that get the job done - but a fringe "benefit" to me from the demise of the previous company I worked for is that I DON'T HAVE to maintain those scripts - a big bowl of spaghetti :(
I tried several times to learn the OO side of Perl but this stuff was w-a-a-a-a-y out there for my scull :(
HOP just made it for me! I wish it was available 5 years ago so I wouldn't waste my time writing the aforementioned ... Read More
- good book, for people with computer science background
