From Book News, Inc. / Presents the complex techniques for production-ready Perl programs. Explains methods for manipulating data and objects and sets Perl in the context of a larger environment, providing the background needed for dealing with networks, databases, and GUIs. Major topics covered include object-oriented programming,- complex data structures,- using a database,- networking,- graphical interfaces, using the Tk toolkit,- interaction with C language functions,- embedding and extending the Perl interpreter,- and selected internals. Book News, Inc.?, Portland, OR