Perl and Python References

Xah Lee, 2005-09, …, 2012-01-18

Python

The official documentation for Python is docs.python.org. The quality of the official python documenation is very low. For detail, see: Python Documentation Problems.

General history and overview: Python (programming language).

A excellent quick reference sheet is available. Highly recommended. Python 2.7 Quick Reference 2011-10-26 By Richard Gruet. @ Source rgruet.free.fr

Perl

The official documentation for Perl is at: perldoc.perl.org

General history and overview: Perl.

A survey of Perl books and culture: Perl Books Survey 2002.

Misc

• Google Python Style Guide 2012-01-18 By Amit Patel, Antoine Picard, Eugene Jhong, Jeremy Hylton, Matt Smart, Mike Shields. @ Source google-styleguide.googlecode.com
• Scripting Languages: PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby comparison @ Source hyperpolyglot.org