BOOK

Alpaca book

  • Alpaca book

  • The "Alpaca Book," originally titled "Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules" and later updated/renamed to "Intermediate Perl," is a follow-up to the Llama book, co-authored by me, brian d foy, and Tom Phoenix.
  • History & Scope

    • First published in 2003, it guides programmers from basic scripting to intermediate Perl development, focusing on object-oriented programming, references, writing modules, and CPAN.
    • The book's cover features an alpaca, following O'Reilly's animal theme.
These facts are as Randal recalls them, but much time has passed for most of this. If you find a factual error, please email realmerlyn@gmail.com.