I have found the "hard" way (of going through the documentation) to be quite effective.
First, I read the tutorial, then skimmed the language reference, then I jumped into the library reference with the occasional return to the language reference when I needed to convince myself that python's syntax did not allow for whatever construct I had my heart set on. It's a bit slow initially but the language is simple enough that the pace picks up pretty quickly. Regards -Gyepi On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 08:12:45PM -0500, Federico Lucifredi wrote: > Okay guys, > I haven't gotten a definite answer on this when I asked a couple of years > back, so I'l ask again - flog me as you may :) > > I have a need to properly learn a certain other "P" language, and I do not > mean PHP either. For Perl, my favorite "concise" summary is the first > chapter of Damian's OO Perl book. What about the other, unnamed, language? > Guido has written up a short language on the book, but what else has proven > popular with people who already knew Perl to expand their range of dynamic > languages - without reading hundred of pages? > > Thanks -Federico > > PS: I promise to flog myself if you guys actually come up with a good > suggestion! > > _________________________________________ > -- "'Problem' is a bleak word for challenge" - Richard Fish > (Federico L. Lucifredi) - flucifredi at acm.org - GnuPG 0x4A73884C _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
