in reply to Re: References in Perl
in thread References in Perl

These diagrams are helpful.

I would recommend: "Advanced Perl Programming" by S. Srinivasan. A student who doesn't have at least 2-3 quarters of 'C' will find the text challenging. Chapter 20, "Perl Internals" is quite informative as are others.

The OP has posed a very broad question, the general answer to which, just won't fit in a single Monk post. The question just has to get more specific otherwise at least I am unable to help further.

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Re^3: References in Perl ("Advanced Perl Programming" by S. Srinivasan)
by LanX (Saint) on Aug 02, 2009 at 22:02 UTC
    I would recommend: "Advanced Perl Programming" by S. Srinivasan.

    An absolutely excellent book from 1997(!), which is unfortunately out of print! 8(

    There are some free PDF copys in the web but I don't know if they are legal.

    At our last perlmongers meeting all agreed how good this book is!

    (And I always wondered what happened to the author, seems he left the scene completely)

    Sorry can't say much about the - completely different - actual print with the same title , haven't read it!

    Cheers Rolf

    UPDATE: bio, bookreview

Re^3: References in Perl
by stevemayes (Scribe) on Aug 02, 2009 at 21:00 UTC

    Thank you for the reference - no pun intended :)

    I was replying direct to the OP, as a new Perlmonk I wouldn't even imagine an experienced Monk would need my help in outlining a Perl concept.