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<p>In this smooth, carefully paced course, leading Perl trainers and a Windows NT practitioner teach you to program in the language that promises to emerge as the scripting language of choice on NT. With a foreword by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl, this book is the "official" guide for both formal (classroom) and informal learning. Based on the "llama book,"<i>Learning Perl on Win32 Systems</i> features tips for PC users and new NT-specific examples.Perl for Win32 is a language for easily manipulating text, files, user and group profiles, performance and event logs, and registry entries, and a distribution is available on the Windows NT Resource Kit. Peer-to-peer technical support is now available on the perl.win32.users mailing list.The contents include:</p> <ul> <li>An introduction to "the Perl way" for Windows users</li> <li>A quick tutorial stroll through Perl in one lesson</li> <li>Systematic, topic-by-topic coverage of Perl's broad capabilities</li> <li>Innumerable, brief code examples</li> <li>Programming exercises for each topic, with fully worked-out answers</li> <li>Access to NT system functions through Perl</li> <li>Database access with Perl</li> <li>CGI programming with Perl</li> </ul> Erik Olson is director of advanced technologies for Axiom Technologies, LC, where he specializes in providing Win32 development solutions. Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Christiansen have also written <i>Programming Perl</i>, co-authored with Larry Wall and published by O'Reilly & Associates.