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Perl: I Didn't Know You Could Do That!

So you've downloaded Perl and played with a few of the programs. You might even have been programming with Perl for many years. Either way, you feel you are missing out on some of the cool things that other people are doing with Perl. The solution is Perl: I Didn't Know You Could Do That. From the mundane processes of web programming, through to creating PostScript and RTF documents, playing music and creating sounds, and even ways to use parts of Perl for something other than they were intended are all contained between the covers of this book.

Topics and Examples given in this book:

Storing Numbers in Less Space
Creating Graphs in Perl
Using Minimal/Maximal Searches
Parsing an Apache Log File
Reading and Writing Audio Files
Playing Audio CDs
Handling PalmOS Databases
Using SQL with Text Databases
Talking HTML
Talking XML
Generating RTF Files
Writing PostScript
Using the CGI module to write HTML
Better Table Handling
Setting up a Cookie
Reading a Cookie
Using Sessions to Track a User
Cooperating with Apache
Using Apache Authentication
FAQ Management
Resolving DNS Information
Getting E-mail from a POP Server
Searching a Search Engine
Running a Socket Based Server
Remote Procedure Calls
Profiling Your Perl Scripts
Using the Compiler for More Than Compiling
Writing Perl XtenSions
Installing Modules from CPAN
Writing POD Documentation
Converting POD Files on the Fly
Monitoring Performance
Monitoring Uptime
Communicating with Syslog
Reading and Writing Tar Archives
Using Perl to Control Your Home
Communicating with AppleScript
Checking Windows NT Performance
Talking to Microsoft Word
Talking to Microsoft Outlook
Windows NT Service Management
Creating Stand-Alone Windows Applications
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