{"product_id":"mastering-algorithms-with-perl-paperback","title":"Mastering Algorithms with Perl - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJarkko Hietaniemi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJon Orwant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany programmers would love to use Perl for projects that involve heavy lifting, but miss the many traditional algorithms that textbooks teach for other languages. Computer scientists have identified many techniques that a wide range of programs need, such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFuzzy pattern matching for text (identify misspellings!)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinding correlations in data\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame-playing algorithms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePredicting phenomena such as Web traffic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolynomial and spline fitting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eUsing algorithms explained in this book, you too can carry out traditional programming tasks in a high-powered, efficient, easy-to-maintain manner with Perl.This book assumes a basic understanding of Perl syntax and functions, but not necessarily any background in computer science. The authors explain in a readable fashion the reasons for using various classic programming techniques, the kind of applications that use them, and -- most important -- how to code these algorithms in Perl.If you are an amateur programmer, this book will fill you in on the essential algorithms you need to solve problems like an expert. If you have already learned algorithms in other languages, you will be surprised at how much different (and often easier) it is to implement them in Perl. And yes, the book even has the obligatory fractal display program.There have been dozens of books on programming algorithms, some of them excellent, but never before has there been one that uses Perl.\u003cb\u003eThe authors include the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Perl Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and master librarian of CPAN; all are contributors to CPAN and have archived much of the code in this book there.\u003c\/b\u003e\"This book was so exciting I lost sleep reading it.\" Tom Christiansen\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJarkko Hietaniemi is the creator and Master Librarian of CPAN: Comprehensive Perl Archive Network. He has also been known to frequent Perl developer forums. Luckily enough, getting his MSc in CS in the field of parallel computing didn't interfere overly much with his Perl and UNIX hacking. During those savored moments of off-line time, he fancies gobbling up speculative fiction and popular science. His real life employer is Nokia Research Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Macdonald has been using Perl commercially since 1988 for a suite of Unix system administration tools. His background with Unix dates back to the days when Unix was written in PDP-11 assembler and later includes representing the University of Waterloo at the first UNIX Users Meeting at City University of New York in the mid-1970s while finishing his M. Math degree. (In those days before the creation of Usenix, the people at the meeting would sit together around a single table.) In addition, his background includes work on compilers, kernel internals, device drivers and the like. He has also been observed partaking in recreational computing activities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon Orwant, a well-known member of the Perl community, founded The Perl Journal and co-authored OReillys bestseller, Programming Perl, 3rd Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 706\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.29 x 9.19 x 7.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42113976205447,"sku":"9781565923980","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f20968e2973b3fcfd6db89f1d55425ed.webp?v=1732494024","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/mastering-algorithms-with-perl-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}