--- title: a foreword to Learning Perl | daily.dev description: An introduction to the book *Learning Perl* by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl. The post discusses the inspiration behind the book and the magic of Perl. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-foreword-to-learning-perl-47c1ztxn5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: a foreword to Learning Perl | daily.dev og:description: An introduction to the book *Learning Perl* by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl. The post discusses the inspiration behind the book and the magic of Perl. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-foreword-to-learning-perl-47c1ztxn5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/47c1zTxN5.png og:image:alt: a foreword to Learning Perl og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # a foreword to Learning Perl **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary An introduction to the book *Learning Perl* by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl. The post discusses the inspiration behind the book and the magic of Perl. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ghost** · 0 upvotes > I'm afraid it's a bit late for perl --- Tags: [#computer-science](https://daily.dev/tags/computer-science), [#perl](https://daily.dev/tags/perl) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-foreword-to-learning-perl-47c1ztxn5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"a foreword to Learning Perl","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-foreword-to-learning-perl-47c1ztxn5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-foreword-to-learning-perl-47c1ztxn5"},"datePublished":"2024-03-17T12:31:25.770Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:28:18.744Z","description":"An introduction to the book *Learning Perl* by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl. The post discusses the inspiration behind the book and the magic of Perl.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3b78aa63c34417cadb73ab59e5b74fe9?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3b78aa63c34417cadb73ab59e5b74fe9?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-foreword-to-learning-perl-47c1ztxn5","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"computer-science,perl","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"a foreword to Learning Perl"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-foreword-to-learning-perl-47c1ztxn5","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I’m afraid it’s a bit late for perl","datePublished":"2024-03-19T11:35:22.688Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/47c1zTxN5#c-YLmzgF1GI","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Deleted user","url":"https://daily.dev/ghost","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--hNIUzLiO--/f_auto/v1705327420/public/ghost_vlftth"}}]} ```