> I see a number of mails about Perl books. Most of them > mention the O'Reilly Books. Does anyone use Perl in a > Nutshell? Is it any good as a reference book?
I have this particular book, however I feel that a certain amount of content rot has settled in. My version (latest?), was printed in January 1999, and some information has aged since then. However, that said, there is value in the book... if you spend a lot of time working with Perk/Tk you'll find the reference section extremely useful. [Better form than buying a Perk/Tk book] Generally, I find raw perldoc documentation more useful than reference books - perldoc is available everywhere Perl is :) It is also cheaper, and upto date with whatever you are using. The best books to buy are those that expand your knowledge with detail. E.g. "Object Oriented Perl" by Damian Conway spends a lot of time looking at various approaches to object orientation in Perl. You want books that teach you the right way to approach a problem, then you can implement using the perldoc documentation for the stuff you need. My limited library consists of: * "Programming Perl" by Larry Wall and co. * "Object Oriented Perl" by Damian Conway * "Perl Cookbook" by Tom Christiansen and co. * "Mastering Regular Expressions" by Jeffrey Friedl * "Perl 5 Pocket Reference" by Johan Vromans * "Advanced Perl Programming" by Sriram Srinivasan Of which the first books listed are more essential to have, although I assume you already have a good understanding of Perl. OO Perl is more advanced, for a beginner Programming Perl and the Cookbook are probably enough. Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
