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	* Fourth edition (2012; 1184 pages; covers Perl 5.14; {{ISBN\|978-0-596-00492-7}})		* Fourth edition (2012; 1184 pages; covers Perl 5.14; {{ISBN\|978-0-596-00492-7}})

	The second edition of the book was the best-selling book in the O'Reilly Media catalog in 1996, and one of the top 100 selling books in any category at [[Borders ~~Group~~\|Borders]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite interview\|url=https://www.econtalk.org/tim-oreilly-on-technology-and-work/\|title=Tim O'Reilly on technology and work\|interviewer=Russ Roberts\|last=O'Reilly\|first=Tim\|subject-link=Tim O'Reilly\|work=EconTalk\|publisher=The Library of Economics and Liberty\|date=5 October 2015\|accessdate=12 March 2021\|at=8:10-8:50}}</ref>		The second edition of the book was the best-selling book in the O'Reilly Media catalog in 1996, and one of the top 100 selling books in any category at [[Borders (retailer)\|Borders]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite interview\|url=https://www.econtalk.org/tim-oreilly-on-technology-and-work/\|title=Tim O'Reilly on technology and work\|interviewer=Russ Roberts\|last=O'Reilly\|first=Tim\|subject-link=Tim O'Reilly\|work=EconTalk\|publisher=The Library of Economics and Liberty\|date=5 October 2015\|accessdate=12 March 2021\|at=8:10-8:50}}</ref>

	In 1998 the second edition was the 58th bestselling book at Amazon, just ahead of [[Bjarne Strousup]]'s [[The C++ Programming Language]] third edition.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1998 \|title=Amazon Best Sellers of 1998 \|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/1998/books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books?ie=UTF8&pg=2 \|access-date=20 August 2024 \|website=Amazon UK}}</ref>		In 1998 the second edition was the 58th bestselling book at Amazon, just ahead of [[Bjarne Strousup]]'s [[The C++ Programming Language]] third edition.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1998 \|title=Amazon Best Sellers of 1998 \|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/1998/books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books?ie=UTF8&pg=2 \|access-date=20 August 2024 \|website=Amazon UK}}</ref>

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	The second edition of the book was the best-selling book in the O'Reilly Media catalog in 1996, and one of the top 100 selling books in any category at [[Borders Group\|Borders]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite interview\|url=https://www.econtalk.org/tim-oreilly-on-technology-and-work/\|title=Tim O'Reilly on technology and work\|interviewer=Russ Roberts\|last=O'Reilly\|first=Tim\|subject-link=Tim O'Reilly\|work=EconTalk\|publisher=The Library of Economics and Liberty\|date=5 October 2015\|accessdate=12 March 2021\|at=8:10-8:50}}</ref>		The second edition of the book was the best-selling book in the O'Reilly Media catalog in 1996, and one of the top 100 selling books in any category at [[Borders Group\|Borders]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite interview\|url=https://www.econtalk.org/tim-oreilly-on-technology-and-work/\|title=Tim O'Reilly on technology and work\|interviewer=Russ Roberts\|last=O'Reilly\|first=Tim\|subject-link=Tim O'Reilly\|work=EconTalk\|publisher=The Library of Economics and Liberty\|date=5 October 2015\|accessdate=12 March 2021\|at=8:10-8:50}}</ref>

	In 1998 the second edition was the 58th bestselling book at Amazon, just ahead of [[Bjarne Strousup]]'s [[The C++ Programming Language]] third edition.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/1998/books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books?ie=UTF8&pg=2\|access-date=20 August 2024 \|website=Amazon UK }}</ref>		In 1998 the second edition was the 58th bestselling book at Amazon, just ahead of [[Bjarne Strousup]]'s [[The C++ Programming Language]] third edition.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1998 \|title=Amazon Best Sellers of 1998 \|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/1998/books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books?ie=UTF8&pg=2 \|access-date=20 August 2024 \|website=Amazon UK}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	==History==		==History==
	The first edition, which gained the nickname "the pink camel" due to its pink spine, was originally published in January 1991 and covered version 4 of the Perl language. It was the work of Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz. The second edition, published in August 1996, included updates for the release of [[Perl#Early Perl 5\|Perl 5]], among them [[Reference (computer science)\|references]], [[Object (object-oriented programming)\|objects]], [[Modular programming\|packages]] and other modern programming constructs.<ref name="Hughes" /> This edition was written from scratch by the original authors and Tom Christiansen.<ref name="Hughes" /> In July 2000, the third edition of ''Programming Perl'' was published. This version was again rewritten, this time by Wall, Christiansen and Jon Orwant, and covered the Perl 5.6 language.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4345\|title=Programming Perl, Third Edition\|last=Barry\|first=Paul\|publisher=Linux Journal\|date=1 December 2000\|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-perl5.html?dwzone=linux\|title=Cultured Perl: Review of Programming Perl, Third Edition\|last=Zlatanov\|first=Teodor\|publisher=[[DeveloperWorks]]\|date=September 2000\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010518194934/http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-perl5.html?dwzone=linux\|archive-date=18 May 2001}}</ref> The fourth edition constitutes a major update and rewrite of the book for Perl version 5.14, and improves the coverage of [[Unicode]] usage in Perl. The fourth edition was published in February 2012. This edition is written by Tom Christiansen, [[brian d foy]], Larry Wall and Jon Orwant.		The first edition, which gained the nickname "the pink camel" due to its pink spine, was originally published in January 1991 and covered version 4 of the Perl language. It was the work of Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz. The second edition, published in August 1996, included updates for the release of [[Perl#Early Perl 5\|Perl 5]], among them [[Reference (computer science)\|references]], [[Object (object-oriented programming)\|objects]], [[Modular programming\|packages]] and other modern programming constructs.<ref name="Hughes" /> This edition was written from scratch by the original authors and Tom Christiansen.<ref name="Hughes" /> In July 2000, the third edition of ''Programming Perl'' was published. This version was again rewritten, this time by Wall, Christiansen and Jon Orwant, and covered the Perl 5.6 language.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4345\|title=Programming Perl, Third Edition\|last=Barry\|first=Paul\|publisher=Linux Journal\|date=1 December 2000\|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-perl5.html?dwzone=linux\|title=Cultured Perl: Review of Programming Perl, Third Edition\|last=Zlatanov\|first=Teodor\|publisher=DeveloperWorks\|date=September 2000\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010518194934/http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-perl5.html?dwzone=linux\|archive-date=18 May 2001}}</ref> The fourth edition constitutes a major update and rewrite of the book for Perl version 5.14, and improves the coverage of [[Unicode]] usage in Perl. The fourth edition was published in February 2012. This edition is written by Tom Christiansen, [[brian d foy]], Larry Wall and Jon Orwant.

	''Programming Perl'' has also been made available electronically by O'Reilly, both through its inclusion in various editions of ''The Perl CD Bookshelf'' and through the "[[Safari (ebooks)\|Safari]]" service (a subscription-based website containing technical [[ebook]]s). The publisher offers online a free sample of Chapter 18 of the third edition [https://web.archive.org/web/20040215161250/http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/chapter/ch18.html] and the Chapter 1 of the fourth edition [http://cdn.oreilly.com/oreilly/booksamplers/9780596004927_sampler.pdf] as well as the complete set of code examples in the book (third edition) [http://examples.oreilly.com/pperl3/]. O'Reilly maintains a trademark on the use of a camel in association with Perl, but allows noncommercial use.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.perl.org/camel.html\|title=The Perl Camel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|title=The Perl Camel FAQ\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425080044/http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|archive-date=2018-04-25}}</ref>		''Programming Perl'' has also been made available electronically by O'Reilly, both through its inclusion in various editions of ''The Perl CD Bookshelf'' and through the "[[Safari (ebooks)\|Safari]]" service (a subscription-based website containing technical [[ebook]]s). The publisher offers online a free sample of Chapter 18 of the third edition [https://web.archive.org/web/20040215161250/http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/chapter/ch18.html] and the Chapter 1 of the fourth edition [http://cdn.oreilly.com/oreilly/booksamplers/9780596004927_sampler.pdf] as well as the complete set of code examples in the book (third edition) [http://examples.oreilly.com/pperl3/]. O'Reilly maintains a trademark on the use of a camel in association with Perl, but allows noncommercial use.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.perl.org/camel.html\|title=The Perl Camel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|title=The Perl Camel FAQ\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425080044/http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|archive-date=2018-04-25}}</ref>

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	The second edition of the book was the best-selling book in the O'Reilly Media catalog in 1996, and one of the top 100 selling books in any category at [[Borders Group\|Borders]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite interview\|url=https://www.econtalk.org/tim-oreilly-on-technology-and-work/\|title=Tim O'Reilly on technology and work\|interviewer=Russ Roberts\|last=O'Reilly\|first=Tim\|subject-link=Tim O'Reilly\|work=EconTalk\|publisher=The Library of Economics and Liberty\|date=5 October 2015\|accessdate=12 March 2021\|at=8:10-8:50}}</ref>		The second edition of the book was the best-selling book in the O'Reilly Media catalog in 1996, and one of the top 100 selling books in any category at [[Borders Group\|Borders]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite interview\|url=https://www.econtalk.org/tim-oreilly-on-technology-and-work/\|title=Tim O'Reilly on technology and work\|interviewer=Russ Roberts\|last=O'Reilly\|first=Tim\|subject-link=Tim O'Reilly\|work=EconTalk\|publisher=The Library of Economics and Liberty\|date=5 October 2015\|accessdate=12 March 2021\|at=8:10-8:50}}</ref>

	In 1998 the second edition was the 58th bestselling book at Amazon, just ahead of [[Bjarne Strousup]]'s [[The C++ Programming Language]] third edition.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/1998/books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books?ie=UTF8&pg=2\|access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref>		In 1998 the second edition was the 58th bestselling book at Amazon, just ahead of [[Bjarne Strousup]]'s [[The C++ Programming Language]] third edition.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/1998/books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books?ie=UTF8&pg=2\|access-date=20 August 2024 \|website=Amazon UK }}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	''Programming Perl'' has also been made available electronically by O'Reilly, both through its inclusion in various editions of ''The Perl CD Bookshelf'' and through the "[[Safari (ebooks)\|Safari]]" service (a subscription-based website containing technical [[ebook]]s). The publisher offers online a free sample of Chapter 18 of the third edition [https://web.archive.org/web/20040215161250/http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/chapter/ch18.html] and the Chapter 1 of the fourth edition [http://cdn.oreilly.com/oreilly/booksamplers/9780596004927_sampler.pdf] as well as the complete set of code examples in the book (third edition) [http://examples.oreilly.com/pperl3/]. O'Reilly maintains a trademark on the use of a camel in association with Perl, but allows noncommercial use.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.perl.org/camel.html\|title=The Perl Camel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|title=The Perl Camel FAQ\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425080044/http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|archive-date=2018-04-25}}</ref>		''Programming Perl'' has also been made available electronically by O'Reilly, both through its inclusion in various editions of ''The Perl CD Bookshelf'' and through the "[[Safari (ebooks)\|Safari]]" service (a subscription-based website containing technical [[ebook]]s). The publisher offers online a free sample of Chapter 18 of the third edition [https://web.archive.org/web/20040215161250/http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/chapter/ch18.html] and the Chapter 1 of the fourth edition [http://cdn.oreilly.com/oreilly/booksamplers/9780596004927_sampler.pdf] as well as the complete set of code examples in the book (third edition) [http://examples.oreilly.com/pperl3/]. O'Reilly maintains a trademark on the use of a camel in association with Perl, but allows noncommercial use.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.perl.org/camel.html\|title=The Perl Camel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|title=The Perl Camel FAQ\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425080044/http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|archive-date=2018-04-25}}</ref>

	== Editions ==		==Editions==
	* First edition (1991; 482 pages; covers Perl 4; {{ISBN\|978-0-937175-64-4}})		* First edition (1991; 482 pages; covers Perl 4; {{ISBN\|978-0-937175-64-4}})
	* Second edition (1996; 670 pages; covers Perl 5.003; {{ISBN\|978-1-56592-149-8}})		* Second edition (1996; 670 pages; covers Perl 5.003; {{ISBN\|978-1-56592-149-8}})
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	The second edition of the book was the best-selling book in the O'Reilly Media catalog in 1996, and one of the top 100 selling books in any category at [[Borders Group\|Borders]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite interview\|url=https://www.econtalk.org/tim-oreilly-on-technology-and-work/\|title=Tim O'Reilly on technology and work\|interviewer=Russ Roberts\|last=O'Reilly\|first=Tim\|subject-link=Tim O'Reilly\|work=EconTalk\|publisher=The Library of Economics and Liberty\|date=5 October 2015\|accessdate=12 March 2021\|at=8:10-8:50}}</ref>		The second edition of the book was the best-selling book in the O'Reilly Media catalog in 1996, and one of the top 100 selling books in any category at [[Borders Group\|Borders]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite interview\|url=https://www.econtalk.org/tim-oreilly-on-technology-and-work/\|title=Tim O'Reilly on technology and work\|interviewer=Russ Roberts\|last=O'Reilly\|first=Tim\|subject-link=Tim O'Reilly\|work=EconTalk\|publisher=The Library of Economics and Liberty\|date=5 October 2015\|accessdate=12 March 2021\|at=8:10-8:50}}</ref>

	In 1998 the second edition was the 58th bestselling book at Amazon, just ahead of [[Bjarne Strousup]]'s [[The C++ Programming Language]] third edition.<ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/1998/books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books?ie=UTF8&pg=2</ref>		In 1998 the second edition was the 58th bestselling book at Amazon, just ahead of [[Bjarne Strousup]]'s [[The C++ Programming Language]] third edition.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/1998/books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books?ie=UTF8&pg=2\|access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	The second edition of the book was the best-selling book in the O'Reilly Media catalog in 1996, and one of the top 100 selling books in any category at [[Borders Group\|Borders]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite interview\|url=https://www.econtalk.org/tim-oreilly-on-technology-and-work/\|title=Tim O'Reilly on technology and work\|interviewer=Russ Roberts\|last=O'Reilly\|first=Tim\|subject-link=Tim O'Reilly\|work=EconTalk\|publisher=The Library of Economics and Liberty\|date=5 October 2015\|accessdate=12 March 2021\|at=8:10-8:50}}</ref>		The second edition of the book was the best-selling book in the O'Reilly Media catalog in 1996, and one of the top 100 selling books in any category at [[Borders Group\|Borders]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite interview\|url=https://www.econtalk.org/tim-oreilly-on-technology-and-work/\|title=Tim O'Reilly on technology and work\|interviewer=Russ Roberts\|last=O'Reilly\|first=Tim\|subject-link=Tim O'Reilly\|work=EconTalk\|publisher=The Library of Economics and Liberty\|date=5 October 2015\|accessdate=12 March 2021\|at=8:10-8:50}}</ref>

			In 1998 the second edition was the 58th bestselling book at Amazon, just ahead of [[Bjarne Strousup]]'s [[The C++ Programming Language]] third edition.<ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/1998/books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books?ie=UTF8&pg=2</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''''Programming Perl''''', best known as the '''Camel Book''' among [[programmer]]s,<ref name="Hughes">{{cite web\|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/1366\|title=Programming Perl\|last=Hughes\|first=Phil\|publisher=[[Linux Journal]]\|date=1 March 1997\|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref> is a book about writing programs using the [[Perl]] [[programming language]], revised as several editions (~~1991-2012~~) to reflect major language changes since Perl version 4. Editions have been co-written by the creator of Perl, [[Larry Wall]], along with [[Randal L. Schwartz]], then [[Tom Christiansen]] and then Jon Orwant. Published by [[O'Reilly Media]], the book is considered the canonical reference work for Perl programmers. With over 1,000 pages, the various editions contain complete descriptions of each Perl language version and its [[Interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]]. Examples range from trivial [[Snippet (programming)\|code snippets]] to the highly complex [[Expression (computer science)\|expressions]] for which Perl is widely known. The camel book editions are also noted for being written in an approachable and humorous style.		'''''Programming Perl''''', best known as the '''Camel Book''' among [[programmer]]s,<ref name="Hughes">{{cite web\|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/1366\|title=Programming Perl\|last=Hughes\|first=Phil\|publisher=[[Linux Journal]]\|date=1 March 1997\|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref> is a book about writing programs using the [[Perl]] [[programming language]], revised as several editions (1991–2012) to reflect major language changes since Perl version 4. Editions have been co-written by the creator of Perl, [[Larry Wall]], along with [[Randal L. Schwartz]], then [[Tom Christiansen]] and then Jon Orwant. Published by [[O'Reilly Media]], the book is considered the canonical reference work for Perl programmers. With over 1,000 pages, the various editions contain complete descriptions of each Perl language version and its [[Interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]]. Examples range from trivial [[Snippet (programming)\|code snippets]] to the highly complex [[Expression (computer science)\|expressions]] for which Perl is widely known. The camel book editions are also noted for being written in an approachable and humorous style.

	==History==		==History==

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	'''''Programming Perl''''', best known as the '''Camel Book''' among [[programmer]]s,<ref name="Hughes">{{cite web\|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/1366\|title=Programming Perl\|last=Hughes\|first=Phil\|publisher=[[Linux Journal]]\|date=1 March 1997\|~~accessdate~~=12 March 2021}}</ref> is a book about writing programs using the [[Perl]] [[programming language]], revised as several editions (1991-2012) to reflect major language changes since Perl version 4. Editions have been co-written by the creator of Perl, [[Larry Wall]], along with [[Randal L. Schwartz]], then [[Tom Christiansen]] and then Jon Orwant. Published by [[O'Reilly Media]], the book is considered the canonical reference work for Perl programmers. With over 1,000 pages, the various editions contain complete descriptions of each Perl language version and its [[Interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]]. Examples range from trivial [[Snippet (programming)\|code snippets]] to the highly complex [[Expression (computer science)\|expressions]] for which Perl is widely known. The camel book editions are also noted for being written in an approachable and humorous style.		'''''Programming Perl''''', best known as the '''Camel Book''' among [[programmer]]s,<ref name="Hughes">{{cite web\|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/1366\|title=Programming Perl\|last=Hughes\|first=Phil\|publisher=[[Linux Journal]]\|date=1 March 1997\|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref> is a book about writing programs using the [[Perl]] [[programming language]], revised as several editions (1991-2012) to reflect major language changes since Perl version 4. Editions have been co-written by the creator of Perl, [[Larry Wall]], along with [[Randal L. Schwartz]], then [[Tom Christiansen]] and then Jon Orwant. Published by [[O'Reilly Media]], the book is considered the canonical reference work for Perl programmers. With over 1,000 pages, the various editions contain complete descriptions of each Perl language version and its [[Interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]]. Examples range from trivial [[Snippet (programming)\|code snippets]] to the highly complex [[Expression (computer science)\|expressions]] for which Perl is widely known. The camel book editions are also noted for being written in an approachable and humorous style.

	==History==		==History==
	The first edition, which gained the nickname "the pink camel" due to its pink spine, was originally published in January 1991 and covered version 4 of the Perl language. It was the work of Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz. The second edition, published in August 1996, included updates for the release of [[Perl#Early Perl 5\|Perl 5]], among them [[Reference (computer science)\|references]], [[Object (object-oriented programming)\|objects]], [[Modular programming\|packages]] and other modern programming constructs.<ref name="Hughes" /> This edition was written from scratch by the original authors and Tom Christiansen.<ref name="Hughes" /> In July 2000, the third edition of ''Programming Perl'' was published. This version was again rewritten, this time by Wall, Christiansen and Jon Orwant, and covered the Perl 5.6 language.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4345\|title=Programming Perl, Third Edition\|last=Barry\|first=Paul\|publisher=Linux Journal\|date=1 December 2000\|~~accessdate~~=12 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-perl5.html?dwzone=linux\|title=Cultured Perl: Review of Programming Perl, Third Edition\|last=Zlatanov\|first=Teodor\|publisher=[[DeveloperWorks]]\|date=September 2000\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010518194934/http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-perl5.html?dwzone=linux\|archive-date=18 May 2001}}</ref> The fourth edition constitutes a major update and rewrite of the book for Perl version 5.14, and improves the coverage of [[Unicode]] usage in Perl. The fourth edition was published in February 2012. This edition is written by Tom Christiansen, [[brian d foy]], Larry Wall and Jon Orwant.		The first edition, which gained the nickname "the pink camel" due to its pink spine, was originally published in January 1991 and covered version 4 of the Perl language. It was the work of Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz. The second edition, published in August 1996, included updates for the release of [[Perl#Early Perl 5\|Perl 5]], among them [[Reference (computer science)\|references]], [[Object (object-oriented programming)\|objects]], [[Modular programming\|packages]] and other modern programming constructs.<ref name="Hughes" /> This edition was written from scratch by the original authors and Tom Christiansen.<ref name="Hughes" /> In July 2000, the third edition of ''Programming Perl'' was published. This version was again rewritten, this time by Wall, Christiansen and Jon Orwant, and covered the Perl 5.6 language.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4345\|title=Programming Perl, Third Edition\|last=Barry\|first=Paul\|publisher=Linux Journal\|date=1 December 2000\|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-perl5.html?dwzone=linux\|title=Cultured Perl: Review of Programming Perl, Third Edition\|last=Zlatanov\|first=Teodor\|publisher=[[DeveloperWorks]]\|date=September 2000\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010518194934/http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-perl5.html?dwzone=linux\|archive-date=18 May 2001}}</ref> The fourth edition constitutes a major update and rewrite of the book for Perl version 5.14, and improves the coverage of [[Unicode]] usage in Perl. The fourth edition was published in February 2012. This edition is written by Tom Christiansen, [[brian d foy]], Larry Wall and Jon Orwant.

	''Programming Perl'' has also been made available electronically by O'Reilly, both through its inclusion in various editions of ''The Perl CD Bookshelf'' and through the "[[Safari (ebooks)\|Safari]]" service (a subscription-based website containing technical [[ebook]]s). The publisher offers online a free sample of Chapter 18 of the third edition [https://web.archive.org/web/20040215161250/http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/chapter/ch18.html] and the Chapter 1 of the fourth edition [http://cdn.oreilly.com/oreilly/booksamplers/9780596004927_sampler.pdf] as well as the complete set of code examples in the book (third edition) [http://examples.oreilly.com/pperl3/]. O'Reilly maintains a trademark on the use of a camel in association with Perl, but allows noncommercial use.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.perl.org/camel.html\|title=The Perl Camel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425080044/http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|~~title~~=~~The Perl Camel FAQ~~}}</ref>		''Programming Perl'' has also been made available electronically by O'Reilly, both through its inclusion in various editions of ''The Perl CD Bookshelf'' and through the "[[Safari (ebooks)\|Safari]]" service (a subscription-based website containing technical [[ebook]]s). The publisher offers online a free sample of Chapter 18 of the third edition [https://web.archive.org/web/20040215161250/http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/chapter/ch18.html] and the Chapter 1 of the fourth edition [http://cdn.oreilly.com/oreilly/booksamplers/9780596004927_sampler.pdf] as well as the complete set of code examples in the book (third edition) [http://examples.oreilly.com/pperl3/]. O'Reilly maintains a trademark on the use of a camel in association with Perl, but allows noncommercial use.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.perl.org/camel.html\|title=The Perl Camel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|title=The Perl Camel FAQ\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425080044/http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|archive-date=2018-04-25}}</ref>

	== Editions ==		== Editions ==

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	==History==		==History==
	The first edition, which gained the nickname "the pink camel" due to its pink spine, was originally published in January 1991 and covered version 4 of the Perl language. It was the work of Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz. The second edition, published in August 1996, included updates for the release of [[Perl#Early Perl 5\|Perl 5]], among them [[Reference (computer science)\|references]], [[Object (object-oriented programming)\|objects]], [[Modular programming\|packages]] and other modern programming constructs.<ref name="Hughes" /> This edition was written from scratch by the original authors and Tom Christiansen..<ref name="Hughes" /> In July 2000, the third edition of ''Programming Perl'' was published. This version was again rewritten, this time by Wall, Christiansen and Jon Orwant, and covered the Perl 5.6 language.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4345\|title=Programming Perl, Third Edition\|last=Barry\|first=Paul\|publisher=Linux Journal\|date=1 December 2000\|accessdate=12 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-perl5.html?dwzone=linux\|title=Cultured Perl: Review of Programming Perl, Third Edition\|last=Zlatanov\|first=Teodor\|publisher=[[DeveloperWorks]]\|date=September 2000\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010518194934/http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-perl5.html?dwzone=linux\|archive-date=18 May 2001}}</ref> The fourth edition constitutes a major update and rewrite of the book for Perl version 5.14, and improves the coverage of [[Unicode]] usage in Perl. The fourth edition was published in February 2012. This edition is written by Tom Christiansen, [[brian d foy]], Larry Wall and Jon Orwant.		The first edition, which gained the nickname "the pink camel" due to its pink spine, was originally published in January 1991 and covered version 4 of the Perl language. It was the work of Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz. The second edition, published in August 1996, included updates for the release of [[Perl#Early Perl 5\|Perl 5]], among them [[Reference (computer science)\|references]], [[Object (object-oriented programming)\|objects]], [[Modular programming\|packages]] and other modern programming constructs.<ref name="Hughes" /> This edition was written from scratch by the original authors and Tom Christiansen.<ref name="Hughes" /> In July 2000, the third edition of ''Programming Perl'' was published. This version was again rewritten, this time by Wall, Christiansen and Jon Orwant, and covered the Perl 5.6 language.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4345\|title=Programming Perl, Third Edition\|last=Barry\|first=Paul\|publisher=Linux Journal\|date=1 December 2000\|accessdate=12 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-perl5.html?dwzone=linux\|title=Cultured Perl: Review of Programming Perl, Third Edition\|last=Zlatanov\|first=Teodor\|publisher=[[DeveloperWorks]]\|date=September 2000\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010518194934/http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-perl5.html?dwzone=linux\|archive-date=18 May 2001}}</ref> The fourth edition constitutes a major update and rewrite of the book for Perl version 5.14, and improves the coverage of [[Unicode]] usage in Perl. The fourth edition was published in February 2012. This edition is written by Tom Christiansen, [[brian d foy]], Larry Wall and Jon Orwant.

	''Programming Perl'' has also been made available electronically by O'Reilly, both through its inclusion in various editions of ''The Perl CD Bookshelf'' and through the "[[Safari (ebooks)\|Safari]]" service (a subscription-based website containing technical [[ebook]]s). The publisher offers online a free sample of Chapter 18 of the third edition [https://web.archive.org/web/20040215161250/http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/chapter/ch18.html] and the Chapter 1 of the fourth edition [http://cdn.oreilly.com/oreilly/booksamplers/9780596004927_sampler.pdf] as well as the complete set of code examples in the book (third edition) [http://examples.oreilly.com/pperl3/]. O'Reilly maintains a trademark on the use of a camel in association with Perl, but allows noncommercial use.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.perl.org/camel.html\|title=The Perl Camel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425080044/http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|title=The Perl Camel FAQ}}</ref>		''Programming Perl'' has also been made available electronically by O'Reilly, both through its inclusion in various editions of ''The Perl CD Bookshelf'' and through the "[[Safari (ebooks)\|Safari]]" service (a subscription-based website containing technical [[ebook]]s). The publisher offers online a free sample of Chapter 18 of the third edition [https://web.archive.org/web/20040215161250/http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/chapter/ch18.html] and the Chapter 1 of the fourth edition [http://cdn.oreilly.com/oreilly/booksamplers/9780596004927_sampler.pdf] as well as the complete set of code examples in the book (third edition) [http://examples.oreilly.com/pperl3/]. O'Reilly maintains a trademark on the use of a camel in association with Perl, but allows noncommercial use.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.perl.org/camel.html\|title=The Perl Camel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425080044/http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage\|title=The Perl Camel FAQ}}</ref>

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	The second edition of the book was the best-selling book in the O'Reilly Media catalog in 1996, and one of the top 100 selling books in any category at [[Borders ~~Group~~\|Borders]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite interview\|url=https://www.econtalk.org/tim-oreilly-on-technology-and-work/\|title=Tim O'Reilly on technology and work\|interviewer=Russ Roberts\|last=O'Reilly\|first=Tim\|subject-link=Tim O'Reilly\|work=EconTalk\|publisher=The Library of Economics and Liberty\|date=5 October 2015\|accessdate=12 March 2021\|at=8:10-8:50}}</ref>		The second edition of the book was the best-selling book in the O'Reilly Media catalog in 1996, and one of the top 100 selling books in any category at [[Borders (retailer)\|Borders]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite interview\|url=https://www.econtalk.org/tim-oreilly-on-technology-and-work/\|title=Tim O'Reilly on technology and work\|interviewer=Russ Roberts\|last=O'Reilly\|first=Tim\|subject-link=Tim O'Reilly\|work=EconTalk\|publisher=The Library of Economics and Liberty\|date=5 October 2015\|accessdate=12 March 2021\|at=8:10-8:50}}</ref>

	In 1998 the second edition was the 58th bestselling book at Amazon, just ahead of [[Bjarne Strousup]]'s [[The C++ Programming Language]] third edition.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1998 \|title=Amazon Best Sellers of 1998 \|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/1998/books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books?ie=UTF8&pg=2 \|access-date=20 August 2024 \|website=Amazon UK}}</ref>		In 1998 the second edition was the 58th bestselling book at Amazon, just ahead of [[Bjarne Strousup]]'s [[The C++ Programming Language]] third edition.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1998 \|title=Amazon Best Sellers of 1998 \|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/1998/books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books/ref=zg_bsar_pg_2_books?ie=UTF8&pg=2 \|access-date=20 August 2024 \|website=Amazon UK}}</ref>