Hi all! I've been tutoring someone in Perl 5, and as she wants to learn Perl from a paperware book, she borrowed the book "Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days" from her workplace's library, and started reading it. Now, all those "in 21 Days"/"in 24 hours"/"unleashed"/"for Dummies"/etc. books tend to have a bad reputation among knowledgeable people, so I'd like to know how good this particular book is, so I won't have to undo the damage if it's bad.
If you've read it, can you comment how good did you find it? Here's what I've found so far: 1. The book has a page on books.perl.org: http://books.perl.org/book/98 . There are no reviews, and it received an average rating of 2.2/5 from 6 votes. I also see that it has a second edition released in 2002. 2. The Amazon.com page is: http://www.amazon.com/Sams-Teach-Yourself-Perl-Days/dp/0672320355 It received an average rating of 4 stars and mostly positive reviews. ------------ So any comments on this book will be welcome. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Original Riddles - http://www.shlomifish.org/puzzles/ God gave us two eyes and ten fingers so we will type five times as much as we read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
