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See Perl Home Page http://www.perl.com/ for background information and resources such as manual!
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This foilset mainly extends the previous Perl Overview with a discussion of some key Perl5 capabilities. However, some topics may be advanced Perl4 features
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We give an initial summary of Perl5 changes and then discuss:
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Some old and new functions in Perl
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Regular expression enhancements
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New syntax, especially -> and =>
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New subroutine calling and declaration syntax
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Hard (address) and soft (symbol table) references
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General data structures, including multidimensional arrays
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Object-oriented features: packages, classes, and methods
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