That was the first book I read in Perl about 10 years back and IMO, it is a great book for beginners. It was fun to read and it helped me to set a goal to finish at least one chapter every day. I highly recommend it. with warm regards, Venkat Saranathan Gulf Breeze Software.
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@iglu.org.il> wrote: > Hi all! > > I've been tutoring someone in Perl 5, and as she wants to learn Perl from a > paperware book, she borrowed the book "Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days" > from her workplace's library, and started reading it. Now, all those "in 21 > Days"/"in 24 hours"/"unleashed"/"for Dummies"/etc. books tend to have a bad > reputation among knowledgeable people, so I'd like to know how good this > particular book is, so I won't have to undo the damage if it's bad. > > If you've read it, can you comment how good did you find it? > > Here's what I've found so far: > > 1. The book has a page on books.perl.org: http://books.perl.org/book/98 . > There are no reviews, and it received an average rating of 2.2/5 from 6 > votes. > I also see that it has a second edition released in 2002. > > 2. The Amazon.com page is: > > http://www.amazon.com/Sams-Teach-Yourself-Perl-Days/dp/0672320355 > > It received an average rating of 4 stars and mostly positive reviews. > > ------------ > > So any comments on this book will be welcome. > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > Original Riddles - http://www.shlomifish.org/puzzles/ > > God gave us two eyes and ten fingers so we will type five times as much as > we > read. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > >
