> Learning Perl may not teach you OOP, but that was not what a true
> beginner comes to learn. I thought it excellent and occasionally
> entertaining. (I still chuckle when I think of the index entry for
> RINDEX).
My point is that the section on OOP is very useful for understanding and
implementing modules that demand an OOP approach, which happens quite
quickly in my experience. The section on using modules is very nice too.
_BP_ happens to be a bigger book that has room to cover more.
_Learning Perl_ is a good book. I just think _Beginning Perl_ is better for
many. I like Simon Cozens, he is active in the Perl community, he's written
a good book. It is deserving of consideration. I know it is sacrilege to
recommend anything but _Learning Perl_ and only slightly less offensive to
mention something that is non-O'Reilly ;)
Have you checked _Beginning Perl_ out? You might find it is even more
suitable for those with a lower threshold of experience with programming. I
did. But _Learning Perl_ is great too. Heck, get them both. Like all things,
YMMV.
c
