I've got some
> familiarity with other languages -- I've had to learn to read simple
> C/C++, Java, and assembly language code (movl.org, anyone?) -- but no
> significant experience doing programming.
>
> So...what book(s) would you suggest for the relative newbie
> with a clue?
I started under similar circumstances: spent 5 years or so
reading COBOL and C, some scripting using Tandem's proprietary scripting
language called TACL, a little bit of shell scripting a long time ago,
etc...
I got the Camel book "Programming Perl" and immediately starting
solving problems with Perl. I subscribed to this list, and I googled a
lot. Now I think I'm *barely* an intermediate Perl programmer, but with
a little experience under my belt, the PerlMonks site is really helpful.
So I suggest getting Programming Perl-- because you'll need it
eventually anyway. If you find that it's too heavy, get Learning Perl
or one of the more basic books as Plan B.
Have fun...
-Chris
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