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Menaker, Yevgeny.

Programming Perl in the .NET Environment / Yevgeny Menaker, Michael Saltzman, Robert J. Oberg

p. cm.—(Integrated .NET series from Object Innovations and Prentice Hall PTR)

Includes index.

ISBN 0-13-065206-7

1. Perl (Computer program language). 2. Microsoft .NET. I. Saltzman, Michael. II. Oberg, Robert J. III. Title. IV. Series.

QA76.73.P22 M47 2002

005.2'762—dc21 2002030774

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