Programming Perl
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Programming Perl is a comprehensive reference and tutorial book on the Perl programming language, co-authored by its creator Larry Wall and often regarded as the definitive guide for Perl programmers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Programming Perl canonical | 4 |
| Perl | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2313612 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Programming Perl Context triple: [Larry Wall, notableWork, Programming Perl]
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A.
Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose programming language known for its powerful text-processing capabilities and use in system administration, web development, and scripting.
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B.
PDL
PDL is a former name for USL League Two, a North American pre-professional soccer league that serves as a key development platform for college-aged and aspiring professional players.
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C.
Programming Pearls
Programming Pearls is a classic computer science book by Jon Bentley that teaches practical problem-solving, algorithm design, and programming techniques through engaging essays and puzzles.
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D.
The Art of Unix Programming
The Art of Unix Programming is a book that explores the philosophy, design principles, and culture of Unix software development, emphasizing simplicity, modularity, and the Unix way.
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E.
"Unix Text Processing"
"Unix Text Processing" is a classic technical book that teaches practical techniques for manipulating and formatting text on Unix systems using tools like sed, awk, and troff.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Programming Perl Target entity description: Programming Perl is a comprehensive reference and tutorial book on the Perl programming language, co-authored by its creator Larry Wall and often regarded as the definitive guide for Perl programmers.
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A.
Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose programming language known for its powerful text-processing capabilities and use in system administration, web development, and scripting.
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B.
PDL
PDL is a former name for USL League Two, a North American pre-professional soccer league that serves as a key development platform for college-aged and aspiring professional players.
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C.
Programming Pearls
Programming Pearls is a classic computer science book by Jon Bentley that teaches practical problem-solving, algorithm design, and programming techniques through engaging essays and puzzles.
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D.
The Art of Unix Programming
The Art of Unix Programming is a book that explores the philosophy, design principles, and culture of Unix software development, emphasizing simplicity, modularity, and the Unix way.
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E.
"Unix Text Processing"
"Unix Text Processing" is a classic technical book that teaches practical techniques for manipulating and formatting text on Unix systems using tools like sed, awk, and troff.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Perl book
ⓘ
book ⓘ computer programming book ⓘ technical book ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
O'Reilly "animal" book series
ⓘ
surface form:
O’Reilly animal series
|
| author |
Jon Orwant
ⓘ
Larry Wall ⓘ Randal L. Schwartz ⓘ Tom Christiansen ⓘ |
| authorOfLanguage | Larry Wall ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Jon Orwant
ⓘ
Larry Wall ⓘ Randal L. Schwartz ⓘ Tom Christiansen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtFeature | camel ⓘ |
| describedAs |
comprehensive reference for Perl
ⓘ
definitive guide to Perl ⓘ tutorial for Perl programmers ⓘ |
| edition |
first edition
ⓘ
fourth edition ⓘ second edition ⓘ third edition ⓘ |
| genre | computer programming ⓘ |
| influenced |
Perl community
ⓘ
surface form:
Perl programming community
|
| isAbout |
Perl
ⓘ
surface form:
Perl language reference
Perl language tutorial ⓘ Perl ⓘ
surface form:
Perl programming
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| nickname |
The Camel Book
ⓘ
surface form:
Camel Book
|
| notableAuthor | Larry Wall ⓘ |
| publisher |
O'Reilly Media
ⓘ
surface form:
O’Reilly & Associates
O'Reilly Media ⓘ
surface form:
O’Reilly Media
|
| subject |
Perl
ⓘ
surface form:
Perl (programming language)
|
| targetAudience |
Perl programmers
ⓘ
software developers ⓘ system administrators ⓘ |
| title | Programming Perl self-link ⓘ |
| topic |
Perl built-in functions
ⓘ
Perl data structures ⓘ Perl internals ⓘ Perl modules ⓘ Perl object-oriented programming ⓘ Perl ⓘ
surface form:
Perl syntax
regular expressions ⓘ scripting languages ⓘ text processing ⓘ |
| usedAs |
reference manual for Perl
ⓘ
textbook for learning Perl ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Programming Perl Description of subject: Programming Perl is a comprehensive reference and tutorial book on the Perl programming language, co-authored by its creator Larry Wall and often regarded as the definitive guide for Perl programmers.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Perl
this entity surface form:
Perl