Steve Bertrand wrote: > I'm trying very hard to get a good grasp on OOP, references, complex > data structures etc. > > I just ordered Learning Perl Objects, References and Modules from > amazon.ca, and have been tredging through the perldoc documentation. > > After getting into a few of the pages, it appears as though I get a > certain way through the manual page, and all of a sudden, it drops > right off and I get lost, as it feels as though you need prior > knowledge at that point. > > In particular, perldsc was very good, well laid out, but again, I got > to a point where it was like whoah, way over my head. > > Is there anyone here who can recommend a logical reading order of some > of these docs, so they tend to lean from one, into the next and so on?
I am a *huge* fan of the Perl documentation set, and the guys that worked so hard to put it together deserve major kudos. But books like the one you've ordered are really helpful at taking you on a tour through the whole language. Anyway, start with "perldoc perl" (from 5.8 or higher) to see a list of the docs available. A lot of tutorial-style pages have been added in recent versions. You can start at http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.4/pod/perl.html if you want to browse these docs on the web. The following look like good places to start: perlreftut (http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.4/pod/perlreftut.html) perlboot (http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.4/pod/perlboot.html) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
