Yeah different strokes for different folks. As long as it' perl and not Microsoft I'm happy ;) > > From: "Dan Muey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Where could I find a good reference wrt starting Perl? > > > > For a beginner I'd highly recommend the Peachpit Press > Visual Quick > > Start Guide to Perl By Elizabeth Castro ( I think ). > > > > It starts by not assuming you are already a 30 year unix > veterin and > > explains everything in plain english and gives you examples > of using > > the different things. > > Different people need different introductory books ;-) > > > Examples you can do right then and there and > > learn by doing, very helpful. That's something most of the oreilley > > books don't do really. They just basically Copy stuff straight from > > perldoc and assume you're going to understand What to do with that. > > Well ... the copying most often went in the exact oposite direction. > The authors of the best known (not only) O'Reilly books are usualy > the same people that wrote the man/perldoc pages. > > I agree though they too often assume you have a Unix > backround. I really love it when all the docs give you is a > pointer to Unix > manpages. All I get from > man foo > is > 'man' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > > > So basically once/while you learn perl, instead of buying Oreilley > > books just go to your unix prompt And type 'perldoc' , look at the > > options then you can use that to look up anything that > you'll find in > > the oreilley books, Although you won't have the cool > looking animals > > but oh well. It's free and it's the same thing. > > And it's basicaly what I did back when I started learning Perl :-P > > Jenda > ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== > When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed > to get drunk and croon as much as they like. > -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery > >
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