{"product_id":"games-diversions-and-perl-culture-best-of-the-perl-journal-paperback","title":"Games, Diversions, and Perl Culture: Best of the Perl Journal - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJon Orwant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Perl Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eTPJ\u003c\/i\u003e) did something most print journals aspire to, but few succeed. Within a remarkable short time, \u003ci\u003eTPJ\u003c\/i\u003e acquired a cult-following and became the voice of the Perl community. Every serious Perl programmer subscribed to it, and every notable Perl guru jumped at the opportunity to write for it. Back issues were swapped like trading cards. No longer in print format, \u003ci\u003eTPJ\u003c\/i\u003e remains the quintessential spirit of Perl--a publication for and by Perl programmers who see fun and beauty in an admittedly quirky little language. \u003ci\u003eGames, Diversions, and Perl Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is the third volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Best of the Perl Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, compiled and re-edited by the original editor and publisher of \u003ci\u003eThe Perl Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Jon Orwant. In this series, we've taken the very best (and still relevant) articles published in \u003ci\u003eTPJ\u003c\/i\u003e over its 5 years of publication and immortalized them into three volumes. The 47 articles included in this volume are simply some of the best Perl articles ever written on the subjects of games, diversions, and the unique culture of this close-knit community, by some of the best Perl authors and coders. \u003ci\u003eGames, Diversions \u0026amp; Perl Culture\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on entertaining topics that make Perl users such fanatics about the language. You'll find all of the playful features \u003ci\u003eTPJ\u003c\/i\u003e offered over the years, including the Obfuscated Perl Contests, Perl Quiz Shows, humor articles, and renowned one-line recipes. The book also contains a panoply of quirky applications of Perl, including genetic algorithms, home automation, music programming, and an entire section on natural language processing. This anthology is an unmatched compendium of Perl lore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon Orwant founded The Perl Journal and received the White Camel lifetime achievement award for contributions to Perl in 2004. He's Engineering Manager at Google, where he leads Patent Search, visualizations, and digital humanities teams. For most of his tenure at Google, Jon worked on Book Search, and he developed the widely used Google Books Ngram Viewer. Prior to Google, he was CTO of O'Reilly, Director of Research at France Telecom, and a Lecturer at MIT. Orwant received his doctorate from MIT's Electronic Publishing Group in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 585\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 9.3 x 7.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44719588049031,"sku":"9780596003128","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/vpSo3GJh5m9780596003128.webp?v=1779735017","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/games-diversions-and-perl-culture-best-of-the-perl-journal-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}