I have moved more onto to the Programming Perl level of interest.
However, next time I'm in the bookstore I will have a look at
_Beginning Perl_, as I'm always on the lookup for ways to help my
fellow travelers.
I am not wedded to O'Reilly, even though I have quite a managerie
between work and home.
And, for what many of us do, Mastering Regular Expressions should be
boarded onto the ark fairly early. (I have bookmarked the on-line as
yet unpublished tome mentioned in other threads, but have not had time
to look at it). I think this is especially true for those of us coming
from DOSneyland, not weaned on grep and suchlike UNIX things.
--- Chris Lott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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
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