On Monday 05 Oct 2009 07:01:47 Tim Bowden wrote: > On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 15:03 -0700, Slick wrote: > > I have a couple of questions. > > > > What is a good starter perl book to learn perl. > > Best learning Perl book is 'Learning Perl'. Also known as the Lama > book. There are other good texts also, but imho that is by far the > best.
Just a nit pick - it's the "Llama Book" - not the "Lama book": * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lama * http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596520113 Confusingly the "Llama" animal is spelled "Lama" in Dutch: * http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lama_%28dier%29 And here's a funny video of the Dutch comedy group the "de Lama's": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ymR74im40 (I don't speak Dutch, but it's still funny). Regards, Shlomi Fish > > > Secondly, I am kinda having trouble assimilating all the perl > > information. I want to know ways that you all remember the format of > > a script as well as the main items that are normally use. I know > > about the Scalars (word for a word with $ used. $a=2), Array (several > > items @b= (1, 2, 3). I am just having problems figuring out when and > > where they would be used and to a point reading a script. > > I once read that Perl was written to be programmer friendly, not learner > friendly, and that the best way to learn Perl is to use it every day for > at least 20 mins. Come to think of it, that advice may well have come > from the Lama book. > > > Hope you don't mind my questions. Just trying to compliment my A+ > > skills, trying to be a IT tech and that would help for system > > administration (how I don't know yet, cause I am still learning) > > No idea how much Perl is used in Windows admin, but I'd hate to admin a > nix box without any Perl skills. > > > Jason H. Owens > > Tim Bowden > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/ways_to_do_it.html Chuck Norris read the entire English Wikipedia in 24 hours. Twice. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
