The 3rd edition of Learning Perl just came out. I like it it takes a more
platform independent approach, whereas before there were 2 learning perls
now there is only one.
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> Better yet, get "Learning Perl on Win32 Systems" (O'Reilly)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 12:38 PM
> To: Kent Mercer
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> Subject: Re: platform win ME
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> At 10:12 AM 8/9/01 -0600, Kent Mercer wrote:
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Peter Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >How do I begin my first script?
> > > >
> > > >And how do I save it ?
> > > >
> > > >Something simple like "Hello World"
> > > >
> > > >Just started 2 days ago
> > > >Need pointed in the right direction
> > >
> > > What platform are you on? Windows, Mac, Unix, VMS, Palm...?
>
> Ah, okay, Windows ME. A la Mrs. Beeton, first, get your perl. Go to
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/ and download the
> Windows MSI version (I'm guessing here that Windows ME has support for the
>
> MS Installer; if not, get the Windows AS package.) Install it and accept
> all the defaults.
>
> Then, use Notepad to create a file called hw.pl containing the text
> between
> the lines below:
>
> -------------------------------
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
> print "Hello World\n";
> -------------------------------
>
> [Some people will argue about putting the use strict line in your first
> program, but I say, you're going to put it in any program that does
> anything useful, so why not get in the habit from the beginning.]
>
> Then open a command prompt window to the same directory, and type
>
> perl hw.pl
>
> and tell us if that doesn't work.
>
> --
> Peter Scott
> Pacific Systems Design Technologies
> http://www.perldebugged.com
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