By Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L. Schwartz
2nd Edition September 1996
670 pages, ISBN 1-56592-149-6
Even if you don't write scripts yourself, you'll have to be able to read them when things go wrong. PERL is the language of choice for writing server-side CGI scripts, especially on UNIX platforms and this book is the definitive reference.
This heavily revised second edition of Programming Perl contains a full explanation of Perl version 5.003 features. It's the authoritative guide to Perl -- the scripting utility now established as the World Wide Web programming tool of choice. The book is coauthored by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl.