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Tom Christiansen

Tom Christiansen has been involved with Perl since day zero of its initial public release in 1987. Lead author of the Perl Cookbook, coauthor of the second editions of Programming Perl and Learning Perl, and coauthor of Learning Perl on Win32 Systems, Tom is also the major caretaker of Perl's online documentation, coauthor of the Perl Frequently Asked Questions list, and president of The Perl Journal.

Cooking with Perl, Part 2
Learn how to use SQL without a database server, and how to send attachments in email in two new recipes from the second edition of Perl Cookbook. And check back here in two weeks for new recipes on extracting table data, making simple changes to elements or text, and templating with HTML::Mason. [Sep 3, 2003]

Cooking with Perl
The new edition of Perl Cookbook is about to hit store shelves, so to trumpet its release, we offer some recipes--new to the second edition--for your sampling pleasure. This week learn how to match nested patterns and how to pretend a string is a file. Check back here in the coming weeks for more new recipes on using SQL without a database server, extracting table data, templating with HTML::Mason, and more. [Aug 21, 2003]

Perl Recipe of the Day
Each day, we present a new recipe from The Perl Cookbook, the best-selling book by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington. [Aug 26, 1999]

Perl and CGI FAQ
This FAQ answers questions for Web developers. [Apr 14, 1999]

Y2K Compliance
Is someone asking you to ensure that your Perl code is Y2k compliant? Tom Christiansen gives you some answers, which may not completely please the bureaucrats. [Jan 3, 1999]