Perl for C Programmers

Resources

Online Documentation

• perldoc –tf tie— How tie is implemented. (Read this only if you are really interested in the internal details of how tie works. If you want to use it, read the database documentation for DB_File, MLDBM, or some other database.)

Modules

• DB_File— A simple database.

• MLDBM— A wrapper that lets you put complex data in a simple database.

• Tk— The TK GUI.

• Tk::LabEntry— The label entry widget.

• CGI::Thin— CGI parsing routines.

• CGI::Thin::Cookies— The cookie-handling module.

• CGI::Carp— Module to turn error messages into something the web browser can read.

• Storable— Contains function to turn complex data into strings and strings into complex data.

• Time::ParseDate— Function to turn a date into UNIX time format.

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