Summary

With Perl’s object-oriented features and operator overloading, it’s easy to create simple-to-use, reusable code. Proper organization and a good design are key to making an efficient and effective program.

In the next few chapters, you’ll see how to apply the techniques provided here to use Perl to solve some real-world problems. These include CGI programming to handle web forms, using the Tk package to build a GUI, and even mixing C and Perl programs together through the use of inline C functions.