Under the hood, Perl's sort() function uses the quicksort algorithm, which we'll describe later in the chapter. This is a standard sorting algorithm, provided by most operating systems as qsort(3).* In Versions 5.004_05 and higher, Perl uses its own quicksort implementation instead of the one provided by the operating system. more...
The standard Perl distribution comes with a debugger, although it's really just another Perl program, perl5db.pl. Since it is just a program, I can use it as the basis for writing my own debuggers to suit my needs, or I can use the interface perl5db.pl provides to configure its actions. That's just the beginning, though. read more...
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