{"product_id":"9781449307196","title":"Mastering Algorithms with Perl: Practical Programming Through Computer Science","description":"\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","brand":"O'Reilly Media, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162964246768,"sku":"9781449307196","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449307196_p0.jpg?v=1763831386","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449307196","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}